PDF 'File Save' problem in Firefox

Using Firefox browser, when I select a PDF file that opens in a new window [rather than a new tab], save it and close the window, the AcroRD32.exe process is not stopped. If I then open another PDF file in a similar manner, it can not be saved. Each time you close a PDF window, you have to go to Task Manager and stop the AcroRD32 process before being abl;e to save a subsequent document. This does not happen with IE.
Using Reader 10.1.1 and Firefox 8 on a Windows Vista32 system.

Same bug i see in Opera browser. PDFs doesn't saves without stopping AcroRd32 process. And save dialogue doesn't appears when clicking links (even if web browsing function deactivated in adobe reader settings)...
Apart from this File Save problem, there is more strange things while browsing PDF online, like "blinks", hangs, image dissapear, suddenly lags without any reason, browser crashing and more...
So, because adobe reader prevents to download PDFs, and because it works very buggy with online browsing, especially if website uses adobe flash to show PDFs, the only right solution i found is uninstalling adobe reader. After that File Save problem was gone!

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Update ALL your Firefox Plug-ins https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
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After resetting Firefox, all of my PDF files now have the Firefox icon. I don't like this. Is Mozilla working on a fix for this?

As stated, I used the reset feature in Firefox and immediately afterward the icon on all of my PDF files changed to the Firefox icon. Hopefully Mozilla is working on a fix for this??

This solved my problem. Got my Adobe icons back. Hope the other people having the same problem see this solution - it was pretty painless compared to some of the other solutions I read about.
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We have displayed some company policy documents on our portal, we want to make those pdf files save protected and print protected, i.e we want to make the save and print button disabled.
Can you please help out with this issue.

Hi,
In your case, you cannot do much to protect the PDF unless you create a Repository Filter (Content Filter) in which you change the security settings of the PDF file.
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Can no longer dounload pdf file in safari or firefox. What is the problem?

I am using os 10.7.3 and a couple of weeks ago I found I can no longer download pdf files. Instead nothing happens or it try so open in a document viewer, for example: http://wi-burnettcounty.civicplus.com/DocumentView.aspx?DID=341.What do I do? I have not made any changes except update os 10.7 and adobe reader. Other computers using snowlepoard down load just fine!

Quit Safari.
Open the Library folder in your home folder as follows:
☞ If running Mac OS X 10.7 or later, hold down the option key and select Go ▹ Library from the Finder menu bar.
☞ If running an older version of Mac OS X, select Go ▹ Go to Folder… from the Finder menu bar and enter “~/Library” (without the quotes) in the text box that opens.
Delete the following items from the Library folder:
Caches/com.apple.Safari/Cache.db
Preferences/com.apple.quicktime.plugin.preferences.plist
Preferences/QuickTime Preferences
Relaunch Safari and test.

Firefox won't open pdf files; uninstalled and reinstalled Firefoxes, updated all extensions,etc. still getting error messages.

When I attempt to load a .pdf file, a window pops up reading "There is a problem with Adobe Acrobat/Reader. If it is running, please exit and try again. (4:4)"
I have tried rebooting the computer, uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox, making sure all plug-ins are updated (they are), disabling every other plug in to see if it was interfering (they weren't -- still got same message), and reinstalling adobe reader (and flash, just for good measure).

Did you try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox?
*Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
*https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/09/hardware-acceleration/
Did you try a new profile without modifications?
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Basic+Troubleshooting

Viewing PDF files in-browser with Firefox (17.0 as of this writing) on a Mac

Hello there,
since I don't remember when there has been a problem with the Adobe Reader NPAPI plug-in and Firefox. Previously, with earlier versions of Firefox and with Adobe Reader 10.x the problem was that the plug-in wasn't working properly and one got a blank page without any explanation. This led to Firefox black-listing the Adobe Reader NPAPI plug-in and having it disabled by default, if I remember correctly. Now it seems we've got the situation reversed, as if Adobe has black-listed Firefox as a browser, because when I try viewing a PDF file in-browser with the most up-to-date versions (17 and 11 for Firefox and Reader respectively), I'm getting the following error:
Adobe Reader cannot show documents in this browser.
We are sorry, but Adobe Reader is unable to show documents in this browser configuration.
Please use your browser to download this file and open it in Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat.
To avoid this message in the future, many browsers provide a way to turn off certain add-ons, and some are able to show this document natively.
Please contact your browser vendor for more details.
All's well that ends well, but unfortunately we haven't seen any solution so far. With Safari 6.x the plug-in is working fine. With Firefox it isn't. Let's see what can be done: in its last sentence the error message recommends that I contact my browser vendor for more details. The wording of the first two sentences however suggests otherwise: "Adobe Reader cannot show documents in this browser. Adobe reader is unable to show documents in this browser configuration." Thus, my question is
What is it in this browser and/or browser configuration that doesn't suit the Adobe Reader plug-in? Is it only this newest Firefox version (17) that isn't supported or is it the Firefox browser and why? Should I be able to spoof Firefox' identity and make it seem like Safari to the plug-in, what's going to happen?

Very frustrating, but I found the fix (on another site - can't believe with 360 views, no one here knew). In Firefox, PDFs are automatically set to open with the faulty Adobe plug-in. To change it to open with Adobe Reader, check out the instructions here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pdf-files-are-blank-and-cant-be-downloaded-mac#os=mac &browser=fx16
Super easy!

Can't open PDF files in safari or firefox. get a black screen

For some time now I have been unable to view PDF files whether I am using safari or firefox. If I have the option, I can safe the PDF to my computer and then it will open just fine. If I'm on a site that has a PDF I want to view, print, etc., it opens to a black screen. I have NO idea what to do to fix this problem. Please help!!

Enclose a list of plugins I cannot see what is causing me to see a black screen on viewing pdfs in Safari
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Plug-in
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Plug-in for Web Browsers, Version 7.0.9 — from file “AdobePDFViewer.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/pdf    Acrobat Portable Document Format    pdf
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml    XML Data Package    xdp
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml    FormFlow99 Data File    xfd
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf    Acrobat Forms Data Format in XML    xfdf
application/vnd.fdf    Acrobat Forms Data Format    fdf
Adobe Acrobat NPAPI Plug-in, Version 11.0.04
Adobe® Acrobat® Plug-in for Web Browsers, Version 11.0.04 — from file “AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/pdf    Acrobat Portable Document Format    pdf
application/vnd.adobe.pdf    Acrobat Portable Document Format (Interim)    pdf
application/vnd.adobe.pdfxml    Acrobat XML Portable Document Format    pdfxml
application/vnd.adobe.x-mars    Acrobat XML Portable Document Format (Interim)    mars
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml    XML Data Package    xdp
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml    FormFlow99 Data File    xfd
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf    Acrobat Forms Data Format in XML    xfdf
application/vnd.fdf    Acrobat Forms Data Format    fdf
Flip4Mac Windows Media Plugin
The Flip4Mac WMV Plugin allows you to view Windows Media content using QuickTime. — from file “Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/asx    Windows Media Plugin
application/x-mplayer2    Windows Media Plugin
application/x-ms-wmp    Windows Media Plugin
audio/x-ms-wax    Windows Media Playlist    wax
audio/x-ms-wma    Windows Media Audio    wma
video/x-ms-asf    Windows Media Video    asf
video/x-ms-asf-plugin    Windows Media Plugin
video/x-ms-asx    Windows Media Playlist    asx
video/x-ms-wm    Windows Media Video    wm
video/x-ms-wmp    Windows Media Video    wmp
video/x-ms-wmv    Windows Media Video    wmv
video/x-ms-wmx    Windows Media Playlist    wmx
video/x-ms-wvx    Windows Media Playlist    wvx
iPhotoPhotocast
iPhoto6 — from file “iPhotoPhotocast.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/photo    iPhoto 700
QuickTime Plug-in 7.7.1
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site. — from file “QuickTime Plugin.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/sdp    SDP stream descriptor    sdp
application/x-mpeg    AMC media    amc
application/x-rtsp    RTSP stream descriptor    rtsp,rts
application/x-sdp    SDP stream descriptor    sdp
audio/3gpp    3GPP media    3gp,3gpp
audio/3gpp2    3GPP2 media    3g2,3gp2
audio/aac    AAC audio    aac,adts
audio/ac3    AC3 audio    ac3
audio/aiff    AIFF audio    aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
audio/amr    AMR audio    amr
audio/basic    uLaw/AU audio    au,snd,ulw
audio/mp3    MP3 audio    mp3,swa
audio/mp4    MPEG-4 media    mp4
audio/mpeg    MPEG audio    mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a,mp3,swa
audio/mpeg3    MP3 audio    mp3,swa
audio/vnd.qcelp    QUALCOMM PureVoice audio    qcp,qcp
audio/wav    WAVE audio    wav,bwf
audio/webm    Matroska/WebM file    mkv,mka,webm
audio/x-aac    AAC audio    aac,adts
audio/x-ac3    AC3 audio    ac3
audio/x-aiff    AIFF audio    aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
audio/x-caf    CAF audio    caf
audio/x-gsm    GSM audio    gsm
audio/x-m4a    AAC audio    m4a
audio/x-m4b    AAC audio book    m4b
audio/x-m4p    AAC audio (protected)    m4p
audio/x-matroska    Matroska/WebM file    mkv,mka,webm
audio/x-mp3    MP3 audio    mp3,swa
audio/x-mpeg    MPEG audio    mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a,mp3,swa
audio/x-mpeg3    MP3 audio    mp3,swa
audio/x-tta    True Audio    tta
audio/x-wav    WAVE audio    wav,bwf
video/3gpp    3GPP media    3gp,3gpp
video/3gpp2    3GPP2 media    3g2,3gp2
video/avi    Video For Windows (AVI)    avi,vfw,vfw,avi,gvi,divx,vp6
video/mp4    MPEG-4 media    mp4
video/mpeg    MPEG media    mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
video/msvideo    Video For Windows (AVI)    avi,vfw,vfw,avi,gvi,divx,vp6
video/quicktime    QuickTime Movie    mov,qt,mqv
video/sd-video    SD video    sdv
video/webm    Matroska/WebM file    mkv,mka,webm
video/x-flv    Flash Video    flv
video/x-m4v    Video (protected)    m4v
video/x-matroska    Matroska/WebM file    mkv,mka,webm
video/x-mpeg    MPEG media    mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
video/x-msvideo    Video For Windows (AVI)    avi,vfw,vfw,avi,gvi,divx,vp6
video/x-nuv    NuppelVideo    nuv
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin — from file “RealPlayer Plugin.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
audio/x-pn-realaudio    RealPlayer Metafile    ram
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin    RealMedia    rm
Shockwave Flash
Shockwave Flash 11.8 r800 — from file “Flash Player.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/futuresplash    FutureSplash Player    spl
application/x-shockwave-flash    Shockwave Flash    swf
WebKit built-in PDF
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/pdf    Portable Document Format    pdf
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Plug-in
Adobe Acrobat and Reader Plug-in for Web Browsers, Version 7.0.9 — from file “AdobePDFViewer.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/pdf    Acrobat Portable Document Format    pdf
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml    XML Data Package    xdp
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml    FormFlow99 Data File    xfd
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf    Acrobat Forms Data Format in XML    xfdf
application/vnd.fdf    Acrobat Forms Data Format    fdf
Adobe Acrobat NPAPI Plug-in, Version 11.0.04
Adobe® Acrobat® Plug-in for Web Browsers, Version 11.0.04 — from file “AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/pdf    Acrobat Portable Document Format    pdf
application/vnd.adobe.pdf    Acrobat Portable Document Format (Interim)    pdf
application/vnd.adobe.pdfxml    Acrobat XML Portable Document Format    pdfxml
application/vnd.adobe.x-mars    Acrobat XML Portable Document Format (Interim)    mars
application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml    XML Data Package    xdp
application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml    FormFlow99 Data File    xfd
application/vnd.adobe.xfdf    Acrobat Forms Data Format in XML    xfdf
application/vnd.fdf    Acrobat Forms Data Format    fdf
Flip4Mac Windows Media Plugin
The Flip4Mac WMV Plugin allows you to view Windows Media content using QuickTime. — from file “Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/asx    Windows Media Plugin
application/x-mplayer2    Windows Media Plugin
application/x-ms-wmp    Windows Media Plugin
audio/x-ms-wax    Windows Media Playlist    wax
audio/x-ms-wma    Windows Media Audio    wma
video/x-ms-asf    Windows Media Video    asf
video/x-ms-asf-plugin    Windows Media Plugin
video/x-ms-asx    Windows Media Playlist    asx
video/x-ms-wm    Windows Media Video    wm
video/x-ms-wmp    Windows Media Video    wmp
video/x-ms-wmv    Windows Media Video    wmv
video/x-ms-wmx    Windows Media Playlist    wmx
video/x-ms-wvx    Windows Media Playlist    wvx
iPhotoPhotocast
iPhoto6 — from file “iPhotoPhotocast.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/photo    iPhoto 700
QuickTime Plug-in 7.7.1
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site. — from file “QuickTime Plugin.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/sdp    SDP stream descriptor    sdp
application/x-mpeg    AMC media    amc
application/x-rtsp    RTSP stream descriptor    rtsp,rts
application/x-sdp    SDP stream descriptor    sdp
audio/3gpp    3GPP media    3gp,3gpp
audio/3gpp2    3GPP2 media    3g2,3gp2
audio/aac    AAC audio    aac,adts
audio/ac3    AC3 audio    ac3
audio/aiff    AIFF audio    aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
audio/amr    AMR audio    amr
audio/basic    uLaw/AU audio    au,snd,ulw
audio/mp3    MP3 audio    mp3,swa
audio/mp4    MPEG-4 media    mp4
audio/mpeg    MPEG audio    mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a,mp3,swa
audio/mpeg3    MP3 audio    mp3,swa
audio/vnd.qcelp    QUALCOMM PureVoice audio    qcp,qcp
audio/wav    WAVE audio    wav,bwf
audio/webm    Matroska/WebM file    mkv,mka,webm
audio/x-aac    AAC audio    aac,adts
audio/x-ac3    AC3 audio    ac3
audio/x-aiff    AIFF audio    aiff,aif,aifc,cdda
audio/x-caf    CAF audio    caf
audio/x-gsm    GSM audio    gsm
audio/x-m4a    AAC audio    m4a
audio/x-m4b    AAC audio book    m4b
audio/x-m4p    AAC audio (protected)    m4p
audio/x-matroska    Matroska/WebM file    mkv,mka,webm
audio/x-mp3    MP3 audio    mp3,swa
audio/x-mpeg    MPEG audio    mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a,mp3,swa
audio/x-mpeg3    MP3 audio    mp3,swa
audio/x-tta    True Audio    tta
audio/x-wav    WAVE audio    wav,bwf
video/3gpp    3GPP media    3gp,3gpp
video/3gpp2    3GPP2 media    3g2,3gp2
video/avi    Video For Windows (AVI)    avi,vfw,vfw,avi,gvi,divx,vp6
video/mp4    MPEG-4 media    mp4
video/mpeg    MPEG media    mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
video/msvideo    Video For Windows (AVI)    avi,vfw,vfw,avi,gvi,divx,vp6
video/quicktime    QuickTime Movie    mov,qt,mqv
video/sd-video    SD video    sdv
video/webm    Matroska/WebM file    mkv,mka,webm
video/x-flv    Flash Video    flv
video/x-m4v    Video (protected)    m4v
video/x-matroska    Matroska/WebM file    mkv,mka,webm
video/x-mpeg    MPEG media    mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa
video/x-msvideo    Video For Windows (AVI)    avi,vfw,vfw,avi,gvi,divx,vp6
video/x-nuv    NuppelVideo    nuv
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin — from file “RealPlayer Plugin.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
audio/x-pn-realaudio    RealPlayer Metafile    ram
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin    RealMedia    rm
Shockwave Flash
Shockwave Flash 11.8 r800 — from file “Flash Player.plugin”.
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/futuresplash    FutureSplash Player    spl
application/x-shockwave-flash    Shockwave Flash    swf
WebKit built-in PDF
MIME Type    Description    Extensions
application/pdf    Portable Document Format    pdf

11-06-11 Cannot open pdf file on web in firefox after update from Acrobat today

Adobe Acrobat had an update that I installed today. Later, when attempting to open a pdf form from a website, firefox does not open the file. I verified the settings in Firefox options and it is selected to open pdf in Firefox but it doesn't work. I am on a Windows XP system with 32bit.

Apparently I was incorrect on the Cisco box, we are using something different now. We use an Extended application server attached to a Meta Call feature server. This is a known issue for them.
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@masood131 - A few questions:
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If you click on the blank thumbnail to view the individual file page do you see a larger preview image, or is that blank too?
If you refresh the browser page does the thumbnail image show?
If you upload the file a second time do you see a thumbnail image?
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I have had this problem in Firefox version 3. I updated to Firefox 4 and again I received a message that Adobe Acrobat could not be opened witthis browser.
Howver, I went to "Opening PDF files in Firefox" in Firefox support.
I followed the instructions under "Check Firefox settings". Iset the Action for Adobe
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I am not having any trouble logging in, so lets try this:
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*[[Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings]] if there is stored user data that is removed in this process: [[Back up and restore information in Firefox profiles]]

The most resent Firefox update has a conflicting application with adobe and all pdf files have to open firefox before opening

My issue started with downloading the most current Firefox. Firefox opens multiple empty tabs (20 -30 or more) every time I use adobe reader. I changed the action for a content type to show adobe reader. It was showing open the file in adobe in Firefox. I uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox twice and this did not work. I uninstalled Adobe Reader and Air but could not uninstall Adobe Flash Player because of a conflicting Application with Firefox. I then uninstalled Firefox and was able to uninstall Adobe Flash Player. I reinstalled Adobe Reader only and then Firefox. I no longer have multiple empty tabs opening up but each time I open a pdf file, Firefox has to open as well. I am operating on Windows 7 Home edition. Can some one help this is a nuisance.
Thank you,
Steve Zalkin

Try to rename (or delete) the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox profile folder to reset all file actions.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/mimeTypes.rdf
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions#Resetting_download_actions
You can check the value of the plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types pref on the about:config page and remove the application/pdf part if present or reset the pref to the default via the right-click context menu if you want to display PDF documents in Firefox with another application (i.e. not the built-in PDF Viewer).
See also:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/view-pdf-files-firefox-without-downloading-them
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/disable-built-pdf-viewer-and-use-another-viewer

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I am using Adobe Acrobat Elements 7.0 in my computer to convert files like .txt and .doc to .pdf files. But currently I'm facing a problem with the converted .pdf file size. For example, my .doc file is 5MB and after I convert to a .pdf file, it becomes 10MB. The file size basically multiplies itself by 2.
I've tried converting .txt and .doc files and it gives me the same problem. I've tried reinstalling, tried all kinds of settings, and recreating user profile but it doesn't help. Can anyone help me? Thank you very much.

Sorry. The problem is caused when I want to password protect a .pdf using elements. So I used Adobe Reader to open the .pdf file then I'll print using Adobe Printer so that I can password protect it and output file size is actually 10 times the normal .pdf file.
Please help!!

Security error while loading pdf file in jsp in firefox?

When i type in the following link manually in firefox as " file://///172.16.2.1/copyediting/ELS/mallet.pdf", pdf file is loaded successfully in the firefox browser. PDF file is located in remote server which is referred by IP 172.16.2.1.
I've assigned the Same link in a String in jsp page and tested it through my tomcat application as
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can any one please give me the solution.

Links and forms in HTML should point to public URL´s (with http:// or https:// protocol), not to the file system (with file://).
If those files are not public accessible by URL, then you need to create a servlet which does the file streaming task. This example may be useful then: [http://balusc.blogspot.com/2007/07/fileservlet.html].

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