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Anytime I open a PDF file, it automatically saves it. I changed in the application box to ask me what to do and I said to open it with firefox and it does but it also saves it. For some reason I have 3 pdfs listed in the box asking me what to do with a pdf file. They are all changed to ask me, in fact I changed all listed files to ask me what to do. Help please

Anytime I open a PDF file, it automatically saves it. I changed in the application box to ask me what to do and I said to open it with firefox and it does but it also saves it. For some reason I have 3 pdfs listed in the box asking me what to do with a pdf file. They are all changed to ask me, in fact I changed all listed files to ask me what to do. Help please

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Hi!

This is a well documented change in Firefox 98, not a bug. There are further details in this article: How file downloads are handled in Firefox version 98 and above.

Regards, Balázs

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Yes, I see that now. Thanks for the information. I have 100's of PDF files, none of them I wanted to save. Is Mozilla going to fix this issue? I hope so. Thanks again.

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The 'fix' made was to add this preference to about:config : browser.download.start_downloads_in_tmp_dir

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1738574#c133 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox

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Terry,

My preference for saving PDFs is as shown in the attached image. Somehow, however, every PDF I view in Adobe Acrobat DC gets saved automatically to my Downloads folder.

So, to be more specific, if I add browser.download.start_downloads_in_tmp_dir as you suggest, how is it to be set? True or false?

If your solution is implemented, will all PDFs automatically be saved to Temp?

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That preference was added for those who wish to open files rather than download them. If that's your case, you should make the preference true.