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Not showing content types menu

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Hello. I have a problem setting the content type in Mozilla Thunderbird. I have the latest version of program and I would like to change the default settings for opening pdf, but I don't see a single option in the menu. Reinstalling the program did not help. Could you please help me solve this? Thanks in advance everyone

Hello. I have a problem setting the content type in Mozilla Thunderbird. I have the latest version of program and I would like to change the default settings for opening pdf, but I don't see a single option in the menu. Reinstalling the program did not help. Could you please help me solve this? Thanks in advance everyone
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When you open an attachment the first time, a window appears that asks to set the opening app, and there is a check box to perform the same action every time an attachment is opened. Checking the box stores the setting in the Files & Attachments section as in your picture. There is a bug that prevents the setting from being stored:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1353036

But you should have an entry for pdf files that selects the built-in pdf viewer, as this feature was introduced in TB 91. If you're still on an earlier version, the bug isn't present, and the setting should be stored.