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Opening links

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How can I set Firefox for Windows 10 to open links in native apps? It seems that Firefox will now only prompt for Save As -- which is annoying if I only want to view a link (such as a MS Word document), and not save it.

How can I set Firefox for Windows 10 to open links in native apps? It seems that Firefox will now only prompt for Save As -- which is annoying if I only want to view a link (such as a MS Word document), and not save it.

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There is one possible 'fix' but it is temporary.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1370494