Three issues i've encountered with FF pdf built in viewer.
windows 10/FF 68.0+ a few add-ons Hello all i wanted to use FF as my default PDF viewer and since i wasn't able to do so in the Windows settings, i right clicked on a fil… (read more)
windows 10/FF 68.0+ a few add-ons
Hello all
i wanted to use FF as my default PDF viewer and since i wasn't able to do so in the Windows settings, i right clicked on a file and chose my default program.
-first issue; all my pdf files took the FF icon instead of the default PDF one. only solutions I've found was changing things in the registry which i wont do and the other one(not sure if it works)was to reinstall FF which i prefer not to do since everything is nicely set up.
-second issue; in FF options i chose "always ask"in case i accidentally open a PDF file when clicking on a link in google search,not noticing it's a PDF document. the issue is that when i chose 'open' from the pop-up window,it opened a blank page,not the actual PDF i (haven't checked what happens with 'save'.) so i reverted to 'preview in Firefox'.(also i don't recall this happening with previous windows os;7-8.1)
-third issue(the worst one which caused a moment of panic :); choosing 'firefox to automatically open a file type' cause the opening of infinite blank tabs one after the other. it seems to be a very old bug and I'm surprised it hasn't been fixed yet, the solution is not to chose this option. can be viewed here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-repeatedly-opens-empty-tabs-or-windows http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions#Setting_an_automatic_action
so for the moment being I've reverted to Edge as the default PDF viewer.
the main issue for me out of all these three, is to get those icons to show the correct description and not the FF one.
Thanks.
Firefox
SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_CRITICAL_EXTENSION
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Hi!
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Firefox version 68 will only open if "Run As Administrator".
Several users within our company are unable to use Firefox after the last update to version 68. Firefox will only open if "Run as Administrator" is selected. No error com… (read more)
Several users within our company are unable to use Firefox after the last update to version 68. Firefox will only open if "Run as Administrator" is selected. No error comes up. When clicking on it, nothing happens.
Below is what I have tried so far but have had no luck: 1. Uninstalling/reinstalling 2. Tried installing the ESR version. 3. Refreshed Firefox 4. Created a new profile.
None of the above solutions have worked. With that being said, each employee's laptop has 2 user accounts. There is an administrator account and the actual user account. The user's account does not have admin rights. Users that do have admin rights such as the IT staff, Firefox is working fine with version 68 (so far).
The users affected have either Windows 8/8.1 or Windows 10.
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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It does not matter if it's a GIF made by me or if I select one from the menu.
The problem is still there in Safe Mode.
Chrome (on the same computer) does not have this problem.
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This just started happening a few days ago. At random, clicking a link in another program to open it in Firefox will just cause my entire system to freeze for anywhere between 15 and 30 seconds. It's not instantaneous, but about 5 seconds after I click the link, any program that I try to click or interact with will freeze up and become entirely unresponsive, including Explorer. After those 20-30 seconds are up, everything will go back to normal and any actions that I made (clicks, key presses, etc) will happen all at once.
I can't open task manager, can't ctrl+alt+del, the system doesn't even respond if another device tries to connect or ping it. It's the most thorough "freeze" that I can imagine, all caused by clicking a link that opens in Firefox.
I tried disabling all addons, didn't work. Tried reinstalling Firefox, didn't work. Tried the various "hang/crash" fixes on Mozilla's website, didn't work. I honestly have no idea what went wrong that this is happening all of a sudden.
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Firefox updated a few days ago for me. Since then, I've had a lot more lag when loading websites like Linkedin. It loads the page in a reasonable time, but then I have to wait an extra 5 seconds before I can copy or select any of the text. This has never happened before, and I'm noticing it on two separate computers I use Firefox on. I have tried refreshing Firefox and have no difference. Nothing has changed in the way I'm loading websites, but Firefox is simply struggling to load it as fast. I also have noticed it's being more and more intensive, and taking up more processing power than every before. I only have uBlock Origin as my addon, which isn't a conflict.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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We have a webshop using Joomla/Virtuemart system with their latest versions. It seems when someone places an order and wants to pay through PayPal the following error mes… (read more)
We have a webshop using Joomla/Virtuemart system with their latest versions. It seems when someone places an order and wants to pay through PayPal the following error message gets displayed upon using the Firefox browser:
"Things don't appear to be working at the moment. Please try again later."
It seems this problem does not appear when using Chrome or Edge browsers. Can you please look into this problem and let me know the solution.
Thanks and looking forward to hearing from you soon.
Firefox freeze my Kubuntu system
OS: Kubuntu 18.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.12.7 KDE Framework Version: 5.44.0 Qt Version: 5.9.5 Kernel Version: 4.15.0-50-generic OS Type: 64-bit Firefox: 67.0 (64 bit) Prob… (read more)
OS: Kubuntu 18.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.12.7 KDE Framework Version: 5.44.0 Qt Version: 5.9.5 Kernel Version: 4.15.0-50-generic OS Type: 64-bit Firefox: 67.0 (64 bit)
Problem: in the last couple of months, every so often (i think every couple of week, or so) Firefox freeze my entire system. It happens randomly, doesn't matter what website I'm browsing. Nothing responds, absolutely nothing, and I'm forced to reboot the system.
When the system reboots, I restart Firefox, does not matter if I chose to start a new session or restore the previous one, after a few minutes the same freeze happens. And I'm forced to reboot.
After a freeze, if I delete the history and cookies, Firefox is going to freeze again after a few minutes. So far, the only work around I have found is to create a new profile, and let Sync doing the rest of the job. This however is only a workaround, it does not stop Firefox to eventually freeze again the entire system. As I told you before, after a couple of weeks (top) it freezes again.
Is there any way I can understand why Firefox freezes my system?