Re- save the file, enable javascript and try to re- open it. 1 correct answer try67 • community expert, first of all, even if works well, acrobat 9 is not officially compatible with windows 10, so some problems are to be expected. rich_ 813 explorer, i have a file and when i open it the print dialog comes up along with the file. i' m on windows xp. i guess this is something the creator put into the document; however i cannot find a way to disable this. pdf printing adobe- reader share improve this question follow. to work around it, follow the steps below to set foxit pdf editor/ foxit pdf reader back as default pdf viewer for opening pdf file in your system when you double- clicking on pdf file: 33 i have some pdf' s which, when i double- click to open, automatically bring up the print dialog box in adobe reader x. 1 correct answer try67 • community expert, there' s probably an embedded document- level script that does that. is there some way i can disable such automatic printing from adobe reader? i think this is because of some code within the pdf itself. 0 how to disable default opening of print dialog box? upvote translate jump to answer. acrobat discussions how to disable default opening of print dialog box. however, the behavior you' re describing is usually caused pdf open print dialog automatically by a script or settings embedded in the files you' re opening, not in the application itself. after opening the file, go to advanced, document processing, document javascripts and if there are any scripts there, delete them. solution: this error may be caused by that the action of double- clicking a pdf file in your system has been tampered into printing instead of opening.