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How can I disable the new built-in PDF-viewer?

Noctha
Noctha
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Hi Folks,

I recently got a strange problem with Nightly 15.0a1. All PDF documents are opened with the new built-in PDF viewer and it does not matter if it´s enabled or disabled - it just always opens and renders/loads the PDF file. But I want it to be done by Acrobat Reader, or save it to disk. I tried Tools-->Options--->Applications and marked all PDF related stuff to "ask" or selected the Acrobat Reader, but it did not help at all.

Can anyone help me with this?

Hi Folks, I recently got a strange problem with Nightly 15.0a1. All PDF documents are opened with the new built-in PDF viewer and it does not matter if it´s enabled or disabled - it just always opens and renders/loads the PDF file. But I want it to be done by Acrobat Reader, or save it to disk. I tried Tools-->Options--->Applications and marked all PDF related stuff to "ask" or selected the Acrobat Reader, but it did not help at all. Can anyone help me with this?

Modified by NoahSUMO

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cor-el
cor-el
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You can disable the build-in PDF viewer on the about:addons page (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions).

Gingerbread Man
Gingerbread Man
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Hello,

Apparently we have to wait for

greytreefrog
greytreefrog
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You can disable the new viewer as follows: type or open the address about:config search for entry pdfjs double click on the entry pdfjs.disabled;false and it will toggle to true You can then set things up the way you had them before according to your choice and OS. Ta ta