Firefox defaults to Gimp to open PDF's ! - KDE 4.3.2 (globally)

Hi.
Is there a way to globally change (there are about 30 users on this machine) the default PDF viewer assigned to firefox.
At the moment it defaults to Gimp, This must be set somewhere as all new users have the same issue.
I can't really go through all users to change the default.
Is there a global way of doing this ?
Cheers
Last edited by yossarianuk (2009-10-13 14:28:22)

I'm not sure if this does it globally, but as far as I know it does: If you run systemsettings, under the Advanced tab there is File Associations. From there you can either do application -> pdf or use the search box. Then, on the right pane there is Application Preference Order, which you can add/remove programs from and rearrange them. I hope that fixes it, as I can't test it right now.

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