Adobe Reader makes me save before viewing

I cannot just read a file. Adobe makes me save the file first, this started a couple of months ago. I want to be able to open a file through Adobe and view/print it with out saving it first

Technically speaking, you can't view any file unless it's saved first on your computer. Sometimes that's done without your knowledge or consent (as a temporary file somewhere), but it has to happen.
But it sounds like you're talking about a PDF file within a browser. Is that the case? If so, which browser?

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