It's so maddening. Somehow, one of the options for links to PDF files keeps reverting to 'Save" instead of "Use Foxit Reader 9.1". The other PDF application instructions options don't change.
Firefox Options > General >Applications (Choose how Firefox handles the files you download from the web or the applications you use while browsing.)
Portable Document Format (PDF) (application/binary) (Always stays Use Foxit Reader 9.1")
Portable Document Format (PDF) (application/pdf) (Reverts to Save for reasons unknown. And I have to go fix it! Grrrrr!!!)
Portable Document Format (PDF) (application/x-download) (Always stays Use Foxit Reader 9.1")
Anyone know why this happens? Thanks.
Firefox keeps changing the PDF treatment options.
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- DanRaisch
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Re: Firefox keeps changing the PDF treatment options.
Are you running any clean up utility like Ccleaner?
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Re: Firefox keeps changing the PDF treatment options.
All pdf's or only particular pdf's?
If only particular, then the mime-type might be incorrect (on the serving system), & that could cause FF to ask "what do you want to do?".
URL to pdf's that don't act correctly?
If only particular, then the mime-type might be incorrect (on the serving system), & that could cause FF to ask "what do you want to do?".
URL to pdf's that don't act correctly?
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
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Re: Firefox keeps changing the PDF treatment options.
Sorry didn't get back to you. Don't get advice about posted replies and forgot to check for new postings.
All I know is that after using "Settings" > "Options" > "General" > "Applications" to set all three PDF reference to "Use Foxit Reader 9.1" it works for a while (even days or weeks?) and then, for some reason that one PDF setting gets changed back "Save File". I realize the problem when ti doesn't automatically open the PDF reader so I have to go to my download folder to find the just-saved PDF file and open it from there. Then, of course I change the setting again and everything is fine for a while until one day it gets set back to "Save file." Why is this?
All I know is that after using "Settings" > "Options" > "General" > "Applications" to set all three PDF reference to "Use Foxit Reader 9.1" it works for a while (even days or weeks?) and then, for some reason that one PDF setting gets changed back "Save File". I realize the problem when ti doesn't automatically open the PDF reader so I have to go to my download folder to find the just-saved PDF file and open it from there. Then, of course I change the setting again and everything is fine for a while until one day it gets set back to "Save file." Why is this?
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Re: Firefox keeps changing the PDF treatment options.
DanRaisch wrote:Are you running any clean up utility like Ccleaner?
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Re: Firefox keeps changing the PDF treatment options.
Nope. Not running any utility like that.