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Open pdf attachments in Adobe Reader

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bubba101
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Thunderbird 91 opens inbox pdf attachments in a new tab instead of in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is there a way to revert back to the old behavior where these were opened in Adobe?

Thunderbird 91 opens inbox pdf attachments in a new tab instead of in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Is there a way to revert back to the old behavior where these were opened in Adobe?

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Yike, that was way too easy! I tried searching for the answer but failed. Don't know why. Thanks for your help!

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Oh Good Grief!
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See if the suggestions here will work for you. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1347362

Click on tools in the tool bar, then preferences, then stay in the General category and scroll down to "Files and Attachments."

Next to PDF you should be able to change it from "Preview in Thunderbird" to something else.

Modified by Oh Good Grief!

bubba101
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Yike, that was way too easy! I tried searching for the answer but failed. Don't know why. Thanks for your help!

jcee
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Thank you!! very easy solution when you know how :-)