If I click on a .pdf link on a site or mail, infinite blank windows open, all the while downloading pdf.part files. How do I stop this action?
It does not matter what or where the .pdf is, so it is not a result of a particular website, rather it is a fault in Firefox. It just started in the last week.
Isisombululo esikhethiwe
Hi Critifur, could it be a PDF template (FDF file)? PDF templates sometimes need to load or reload a PDF. In a past thread, this was discovered to cause a "loop" when your PDF handler is set to "Preview in Firefox". However, this should not affect the majority of PDFs. If you need to open an FDF, you should change to Use Adobe Reader (this would be the application outside of Firefox) as the most compatible setting.
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Could you check your PDF handling setting in the Preferences dialog.
Firefox menu > Preferences > Applications
Allow several seconds for Firefox to load the list, then type pdf in the search box above the list to quickly filter it. What do you have here? If you modify it to use a different viewer (such as Preview), does that help?
You get this problem if you select the Firefox program to handle a file when you get an "Open With" dialog.
You can rename (or delete) the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox profile folder to reset all file actions if you can't do this via "Firefox > Preferences > Applications"
It is already set to use preview actually.
But I switched it to firefox, and it has stopped opening pages. Thank you!
Isisombululo Esikhethiwe
Hi Critifur, could it be a PDF template (FDF file)? PDF templates sometimes need to load or reload a PDF. In a past thread, this was discovered to cause a "loop" when your PDF handler is set to "Preview in Firefox". However, this should not affect the majority of PDFs. If you need to open an FDF, you should change to Use Adobe Reader (this would be the application outside of Firefox) as the most compatible setting.