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How to change default pdf reader for firefox using config file?

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Somiks
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How to change default pdf reader for firefox using config file?

I have a lot of PCs and i want to set by default Adobe reader (in firefox) using config file.

I know how to do it by standart firefox options. Options -> Applications -> Set prefered PDF reader.

But i'm too lazy to do it for more then 100 PCs.

How to change default pdf reader for firefox using config file? I have a lot of PCs and i want to set by default Adobe reader (in firefox) using config file. I know how to do it by standart firefox options. Options -> Applications -> Set prefered PDF reader. But i'm too lazy to do it for more then 100 PCs.

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finitarry
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You would want to set up a mimeTypes.rdf file and put that into the profiles. That is where the applications and plugins are set up.

philipp
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hello Somiks, the default applications used by firefox aren't saved in about:config but in a file named mimetypes.rdf within the firefox profile folder.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/MimeTypes.rdf

cor-el
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In case you want to use the AR plugin in Firefox you also would have to check the plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types pref and remove application/pdf because otherwise it wouldn't work. You can consider to disable the built-in PDF Viewer and set pdfjs.disabled to true.