Accessing FTP in Chrome

[jpanhalt]

When I recently did some backups, apparently Adobe Reader updated to Adobe Reader DC current version (2022.003.20314).  It's a mess on Windows 7.

Adobe claims older versions are on its ftp site, but Chrome won't access them.  Searched and Google said to go to "chrome://flags" then use "search flags" to find "enable-ftp" and click on the appropriate option.    Unfortunately, Google has apparently removed that option.

Is there any safe way to get an earlier version of Adobe Reader or enable ftp on Chrome?

PS: My Acrobat Pro 8 runs fine and has not been destroyed, but I like certain aspects of the older reader better.
 

[ledtester]

This article says Windows and Macs have FTP support built into their file browsers:

https://www.howtogeek.com/744569/chrome-and-firefox-killed-ftp-support-heres-an-easy-alternative/

[jpanhalt]

Mine is a Windows 7 machine.  I tried to open IE, but but that seems to be gone from my Win7 machine.

[mariush]

Use Filezilla ftp client or some other tool : https://filezilla-project.org/

Just make sure to go to Edit > Settings > Transfers > FTP: File Types and set there Default transfer type : Binary  and uncheck [ ] Treat files without extension as ASCII files and [  ] Treat dotfiles as ASCII files
No need to deal with ftp quirks like the ascii transfer mode.

[jpanhalt]

I finally got around to tackling Adobe Reader DC.  Although ledtester's link referred to Windows 10 and 11, I took a dive with IE on my Windows 7 machine.  Clicks were a little different, but I was able to find and install an older version (I picked 10.0.0).  I may update that choice later, but it definitely has that old feel again.  Thank you both.

Why did DC bother me so much?  I hate screen clutter, and there were so many panels, dropdowns, and icons, I found it harder than usual reading the document.  Not quite as bad as SolidWorks 2007 with context sensitive icon menus, but close.   Although I had a perpetual, academic license to SW, it just became unusable for me.