Firefox won't open a PDF link in the browser, screen just shows blank.

Firefox won't open a PDF link in the browser, when I click on the link the screen just goes to a blank blue screen.

If using a Mac, go to the Firefox Plugins and disable the Adobe Acrobat NPAPI Plug-in, Version 10.1.3. This is a recent plugin update, and as soon as it was installed I noticed that PDFs wouldn't download.
Location: [Menu] Tools/Add-Ons/Plugins
I don't know what other side-effects it can create, but it solved my problem.

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I will only close the browser by using your suggestion, File > Exit, from today on, and see what happens. Thank you for your expedient reply.

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[SOLVED] Firefox won't open after restart..Until I updated everything

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How can i set Adobe to open pdf from a secure website in the browser, it just pops up and asks to open save or download. we want it to just open the PDF directly in the browser with no popups, using IE 11

Hi,
We are running Internet explorer 11 with the latest version of Adobe Reader.
have found when users login to a secure website and it has pdf links on there, it doesnt open these pdf directly in the browser, it wants to save them and then open them.
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Hi campbellk19046717,
Please refer the KB doc link mentioned below if that might help:
Acrobat Help | Display PDF in browser | Acrobat, Reader XI
Let me know.
Regards,
Anubha

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