knowIT

How do I disable the built in pdf viewer in Mozilla Firefox?

Follow these instructions to disable the built in PDF viewer in Mozilla Firefox.

 

Instructions:

In some cases you will need to disable the built in browser pdf viewer, to force documents from platforms such as smartforms to open in Acrobat rather than in the browser window.

1. In the address bar of Firefox, enter about:config

2. Agree to the screen which tells you that by going to config, you will void your Firefox warranty.

3. Find the entry for pdfjs.disabled and double click its name to change the value to TRUE

 

Attached Files
There are no attachments for this article.
Related Articles RSS Feed
macOS - Setup Outlook
Viewed 5607 times since Tue, Apr 20, 2021
macOS - Licensing Adobe Software (Acrobat DC or Entire Creative Cloud Suite)
Viewed 6686 times since Mon, Apr 26, 2021
macOS - Installing Adobe Software (Adobe Acrobat or the Creative Cloud Suite)
Viewed 6338 times since Tue, Apr 27, 2021
macOS - Adobe Licensing and Installation Troubleshooting
Viewed 6815 times since Wed, Apr 28, 2021
Creating an Archive in Outlook for Windows
Viewed 9734 times since Thu, May 20, 2021
macOS - People Server FileZilla Setup Instructions
Viewed 5541 times since Mon, May 31, 2021
macOS - Setup Multiple Monitors
Viewed 18065 times since Mon, May 31, 2021
Accessing a shared mailbox using the Outlook Web App (OWA)
Viewed 5717 times since Wed, Jun 16, 2021
macOS - Sound isn’t working (changing default sound output)
Viewed 4659 times since Thu, Jun 17, 2021
macOS - Add Icons to the Finder toolbar (Ex. the delete button)
Viewed 5577 times since Thu, Jun 17, 2021