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Firefox 29.0.1 won't "Do this automatically for files like this from now on;" asks every time "What should Firefox do with this file?"

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djeddieo
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I've gone to Tools->Options->Applications and selected "use Adobe Acrobat" and "Preview in Firefox" but it still opens the dialog box every time.

I've gone to Tools->Options->Applications and selected "use Adobe Acrobat" and "Preview in Firefox" but it still opens the dialog box every time.

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cor-el
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You can check the value of the plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types pref on the about:config page and remove the application/pdf part if present or reset the pref to the default via the right-click context menu if you want to display PDF documents in Firefox with another application (i.e. not the built-in PDF Viewer).

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