Firefox downloads pdf files to temp, but then won't print them -- why?

Until a short while ago (5.0?), if I downloaded a pdf in Firefox, it would open in an Adobe window and I could print it. Now it tells me "C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Local\Temp\[filename].pdf could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences." I can't find a relevant preference in Firefox to change*; Acrobat and Reader are each fully functional, and if I go to that file location in Windows [7] Explorer, there is no difficulty opening it and printing it. ???
*BOTH Acrobat 9.4.5 and 10.1.0 show up as add-ons, but disabling one or the other has no effect on this problem.

The new built in pdf viewer in Firefox sometimes causes problems. It is probably worth trying the problem document printing with whatever other pdf reader you have.
* see [[How to disable the built-in PDF viewer and use another viewer]]

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