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Firefix won't work with PDF files. Refuses to load them. Says PDF is running and it's not.

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I just downloaded the newest version of Firefos 12.0 and now I can't get a PDF file to download. It says that my PDF reader is running and I need to stop it, but it is not running. I have nothing but Firefox running. It just stops and refuses to download anything in PDF now. Also, I lost my search bar and now have three icons in it's place. I can use the address bar for search, but I can't pick my search engine, I only get one and I can't change it. I used to be able to download a PDF file and open it in Firefox with no problems, but after the update I can't do that now. I have version 10.1.1 for my PDF reader, but that is the same reader I was using before I had this problem.

Thanks Ed Broberg

I just downloaded the newest version of Firefos 12.0 and now I can't get a PDF file to download. It says that my PDF reader is running and I need to stop it, but it is not running. I have nothing but Firefox running. It just stops and refuses to download anything in PDF now. Also, I lost my search bar and now have three icons in it's place. I can use the address bar for search, but I can't pick my search engine, I only get one and I can't change it. I used to be able to download a PDF file and open it in Firefox with no problems, but after the update I can't do that now. I have version 10.1.1 for my PDF reader, but that is the same reader I was using before I had this problem. Thanks Ed Broberg

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cor-el
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Which OS are you using?

Are you running Firefox in some compatibility mode because the system details list shows Windows NT 4.0

  • Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 4.0; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0

You can open the Properties of the Firefox desktop shortcut via the right-click context menu and check the "Compatibility" tab.
Make sure that all items are deselected in the "Compatibility" tab of the Properties window.

mred3
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No, I'm running it in XP home ed and have been running this same computer for a couple years now and never had this problem until I downloaded the new 12.0 version of Firefox.