Disable Adobe Reader so pdf files open outside of Firefox

[c627627]

Adobe Reader > Edit > Preferences... > Internet > UNCHECK: everything

Firefox 7 > Tools > Add-ons > Plugins > Disable Adobe Acrobat


Still, it gets re-enabled. Is there anyway to prevent it from being re-enabled? If it is enabled, it can freeze the browser while it waits for the download. I heard something about future versions of Firefox giving us more control over plugins and add-ons, will that help with this?

[MarkRH]

Try Tools > Options > Application and look for Adobe Acrobat items and change them to open in Adobe Reader or whatever instead of within Firefox. The options in Adobe Reader itself I think only apply to IE.

[patrickjdempsey]

You can also use an alternative reader like Foxit which I normally just set to open outside of the browser... it opens much faster than Adobe Reader in my experience.

[c627627]

I've tested every pdf reader I could get my hands on and found SumatraPDF to be the best alternative... but that is not the thread question...

MarkRH:
Firefox > Tools > Options > Application does not list anything. Maybe it's because I did disable everything as described in post #1. But it periodically does come back, with Firefox updates I think and maybe when the same Firefox profile is used on different operating systems.

[patrickjdempsey]

Firefox > Tools > Options > Application does not list anything.

*anything*? at all? Or anything for PDF? You may have to reinstall a reader and associate (this may automatically happen on install) the .PDF extension with that reader in the OS.

[BruceAWittmeier]

As MarkRH suggested this will use your default PDF reader outside of the Firefox Browser:
Tools/Options/Applications - then Select: Use Adobe Reader (Default)

[c627627]

Actually, wait, yes you were right - that is where it's done. Thank you.