I don't understand your suggestion, since Access isn't using the internet.
Both the program and hyperlinked file are on my local drive. Nevertheless
(as stranger things have happened!) I tried setting the association in my
browser, but it made no difference. Access still opens the file with Adobe.

"Dorian" wrote:

Set the file associations in your browser.
The internet is not in the Windows world.
-- Dorian
"Give someone a fish and they eat for a day; teach someone to fish and they
eat for a lifetime".


"coffent" wrote:

Using Windows XP Control Panel / Folder Options / File Types, I have set the
"pdf" extension association to another pdf file viewer than Adobe Acrobat.
This works fine in all programs other than Access. For example, if I
double-click on a file with a pdf extension in Windows Explorer, it opens it
with the third-party viewer. However, if I create a hyperlink to that same
file in Access it is listed as "Acrobat Document" and if I double-click it,
Access ignores my file association and opens it with Adobe Acrobat. Is there
a way to get Access to honor the Windows file associations?