How to Install Version 2.0

[NormanS]

Curiously, though Version 1.2.0.201 of FoxIt PDF Reader runs on demand, it is NOT listed in Add/Remove Programs -- it is not listed under FoxIt nor under PDF Reader nor under any other name.

So, how do I install Version 2.0, given that I cannot uninstall Version 1.2.0.201?

NOTES: Just before attempting to uninstall Version 1.2.0.201, I removed another program: Finger Knot, a program that was listed just ahead of FoxIt pdf Reader.
After this deletion, FoxIt pdf Reader disappeared from the list of installed programs! ?

I'm running Windows 2000 Pro.

[Jessamine]

Version 1.2.0.201 must be non-installer version. Please just delete the program from the folder you saved it.
Here is the link for reader 2.0 http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader_2/down_reader.htm
Please note that installer version needs installation while zip package needn't. You just unzip it and then can use it.

[NormanS]

Thank you Jessamine.
I successfully uninstalled the earlier version of FoxIt Reader and installed Version 2.
There is, nevertheless, a problem:
Whenever I download a pdf file, an Alert pops up that reads as follows:
____________
Alert!
Unexpected error: contact the author!
OK
______________

The file, however, does get downloaded, but does not display automatically; instead, I have to double-click the file.

I use Firefox as my primary browser and have not had this problem before installing version 2.0

I'd appreciate your further help.

[Jessamine]

would you please provide me the link to the file for testing? Thank you.

[NormanS]

Hi Jessamine,

I don't know what you mean by THE link to the file, but I do have new information on the problem: it occurs ONLY when I try to open a pdf file using Firefox; it does not occur with Internet Explorer. Also, if I download a pdf file using Firefox and then open it, the problem does not occur.

I conclude that the problem has to do with a relationship between Firefox and FoxIt that did not exist in the earlier version of FoxIt. With that version, I viewed any number of pdf files using Firefox and had no problems.

[Jessamine]

Sorry, but currently reader plugin for firefox is unavailable right now. It means that you can't view pdf file inside firefox.

[NormanS]

I got rid of the error by setting FoxIt as the pdf reader in a Firefox extension called PDF Download.

FoxIt and Firefox now get along splendidly!