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Why do my pdf options keep changing in Firefox?

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My setting to have all pdf's opened with Adobe Reader keeps changing. It keeps going back to "save file." I don't know if Adobe updates break this feature but it's a real annoyance. I usually don't notice until I've clicked a pdf link - nothing happens - I click it a few more times and then find a bunch of copies on my desktop. I'm on a network at work and don't have any pdf plugins that would interfere.

My setting to have all pdf's opened with Adobe Reader keeps changing. It keeps going back to "save file." I don't know if Adobe updates break this feature but it's a real annoyance. I usually don't notice until I've clicked a pdf link - nothing happens - I click it a few more times and then find a bunch of copies on my desktop. I'm on a network at work and don't have any pdf plugins that would interfere.

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Did you change the file association in the O/S. If it doesn't change there it will always go back to what it was default before.

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No, the file associations in the OS have always been correct.

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DrCharlieM said

No, the file associations in the OS have always been correct.

That's not what I was asking. Did you go and check if that was the case.