Cannot view PDF files within Safari 6.0.1

I have lost the ability to view PDF files within the safari web browser. When I press on a link to a PDF file a blank/black screen will appear. If I right click on the page I have the ability to Save the PDF file and then I can open it in preview.
I also have AdobePDFViewer.plugin and AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin installed in ~Library/Internet Plug ins/ ... folder.
I have tried deleting these files and restarting Safari but nothing seems to be working. I have tried installing the PDF Browser plugin form Schubert to no avail
Does anyone have any suggestions on how can I get the ability to view PDF files in Safari using Moutain Lios OSX?

Back up all data.
Quit Safari. In the Finder, select Go ▹ Go to Folder from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-G. Copy the line of text below into the box that opens, and press return:
/Library/Internet Plug-ins
From the folder that opens, remove any items that have the letters “PDF” in the name. You may be prompted for your login password. Then launch Safari and test.
If you still have the issue, repeat with this line:
~/Library/Internet Plug-ins
If you don’t like the results of this procedure, restore the items from the backup you made before you started. Relaunch Safari again.

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Triple-click the line of text below to select it, the copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C):
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/Library/Internet Plug-ins
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