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Firefox prompts me to save a .ashx extention instead of just opening it

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ansit
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This is a PDF extension and opens fine from IE

This is a PDF extension and opens fine from IE

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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See if anything in these two support articles helps you.

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Adobe+Reader+plugin+with+Firefox

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Opening+PDF+files+within+Firefox

ansit
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Thanks for the help edmeister. I've tried all these solutions except resetting the download action. I'll try it when I get onsite with the system in question and will post the results.