Option "Do this automatically..." grayed out for default action

- Fully updated FF + Windows 8 64-bit (9200)
- Set up FF as the default program for PDF documents in Windows' Control Panel
- Set up FF as the default program for PDFs in FF options
FF still asking me what to do every time I click on a link to a PDF file and the option "Do this automatically..." is grayed out.
Any fix?
Thanks

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I reached Shivangi Moitra (Adobe) [email protected] by sending feedback about the dead-end support loop that I encountered by following the steps here, at www.adobe.com/getsupport. Incidentally, I gave her a detailed description of my deactivation problem too. Shivangi responded by directing me to use the same link that goes in circles! To wit: "The first step for contacting us will be to start online [at www.adobe.com/getsupport]." Of course you notice that this is yet another dead-end circle in the customer support system.
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