Make a Windows 7 shortcut to a specific pdf page

Question

Is there a way to make a Windows 7 shortcut to a specific pdf page?

Solution 1

If you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, you can create a shortcut to a command line that opens a PDF file to a specific page:

AcroRd32.exe /A "page=7=OpenActions" myfile.pdf

Will open "myfile.pdf" to page 7.

You can find more command line switches here.

Solution 2

In 2021, on Windows 10, it is possible using following commands

Using Acrobat Reader

%acrobat%  /A "page=44=OpenActions" "..\Magazines\2021-05.TA-663.Mai.pdf"

Using Foxit Reader

%foxit% "..\Magazines\2021-05.TA-663.Mai.pdf" /A page=45

Using Chrome

start chrome "file:///D:\Documents\Magazines\2021-05.TA-663.Mai.pdf#page=44"

Using Opera

start opera "file:///D:\Documents\Magazines\2021-05.TA-663.Mai.pdf#page=44"

Using Edge

start msedge "file:///D:\Documents\Magazines\2021-05.TA-663.Mai.pdf#page=44"

Using Firefox

start firefox "file:///D:\Documents\Magazines\2021-05.TA-663.Mai.pdf#page=44"

On my PC, %acrobat% and %foxit% variables are equal to

set acrobat="C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat Reader DC\Reader\acroRd32.exe" 
set foxit="C:\Program Files (x86)\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader\FoxitReader.exe"

All these solutions are working correctly on my PC.

Comments

[julo]

I guess I don't understand. Where would the command line go? I forgot to mention in my original question that the pdf file is local and that I will need many links to different pages of the same pdf file.

[julo]

Never mind. I needed the FULL path to the exe AND put in quotes (since there is a space in the path). Working now. Thanks a bunch.