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Selecting to open a file inside browser with Acrobat now always results in file being downloaded too.

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I have the option set to always ask me if I want to open a pdf with browser, acrobat, or to download. I usually select open with Acrobat and, for the last few months, I have been getting an unwanted download as well. I found in the help articles that this is now the default action. For me, it usually means that at the end of a session i have to go to my desktop (my optioned destination for downloads) and clean it up by deleting every file I have looked at.

I recommend that you make that functionality optional. I just want to view the vast majority of things I open. For the few that I might want to download after viewing them, i would prefer to take a proactive step to download them after I have reviewed them.

I have the option set to always ask me if I want to open a pdf with browser, acrobat, or to download. I usually select open with Acrobat and, for the last few months, I have been getting an unwanted download as well. I found in the help articles that this is now the default action. For me, it usually means that at the end of a session i have to go to my desktop (my optioned destination for downloads) and clean it up by deleting every file I have looked at. I recommend that you make that functionality optional. I just want to view the vast majority of things I open. For the few that I might want to download after viewing them, i would prefer to take a proactive step to download them after I have reviewed them.

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You can possibly set this pref to true on the about:config page to make Firefox use the temp folder.

  • about:config => browser.download.start_downloads_in_tmp_dir = true

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. If you get the warning page, you can click the "Accept the Risk and Continue" button.

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cor-el
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Chosen Solution

You can possibly set this pref to true on the about:config page to make Firefox use the temp folder.

  • about:config => browser.download.start_downloads_in_tmp_dir = true

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. If you get the warning page, you can click the "Accept the Risk and Continue" button.

See also:

Modified by cor-el

Dick39
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Thank you!

Simple to do and seems to provide exactly the functionality I want.

By the way, and showing my lack of understanding, but is the temp dir to which the file is being sent the OS temp dir or something inside Firefox?

cor-el
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It is the OS temp directory as set via the TMP and TEMP environment variables.

Dick39
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Thanks yet again.