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Firefox Recognizing All PDFs as ZIP files

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kasa05
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I've never encountered this problem before... I am using a new computer but have used firefox exclusively for decades.

Every time i try to read a PDF, Firefox recognizes it as a .zip file, which it clearly isn't. I can't even choose acrobat reader as an option to open the files. If i manually go to the downloads tap and click on the file there, it immediately opens as a pdf in reader. What on earth is going on?

I've never encountered this problem before... I am using a new computer but have used firefox exclusively for decades. Every time i try to read a PDF, Firefox recognizes it as a .zip file, which it clearly isn't. I can't even choose acrobat reader as an option to open the files. If i manually go to the downloads tap and click on the file there, it immediately opens as a pdf in reader. What on earth is going on?
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jonzn4SUSE
jonzn4SUSE
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Just to verify, can you show what you have set here as the default app for pdf? see screenshot

cor-el
cor-el
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You can look at this extension.

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