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09-01-2025, 02:51 AM

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Here's the simplest way to show the problem.

1 Create PDF a file named "[.PDF"
2 Create an adjacent .DOC
3 Open the DOC
4 Press CTRL+K and select the PDF, click OK
5 Do CTRL+click on the link
6 See "Cannot open the specified file."

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