Preview as default viewer of pdf's in safari

After changing to Tiger and Safari 2, pdf's are not openend in preview, but in a new Safari window. If I want the pdf in Preview, I'll have to control-click it. However, the pdf then is not on my desktop, so that save as is not possible. How can I have Preview as my default viewing program with files being automatically downloaded on my desctop? This was possible in Safari 1.
Any suggestions?
j

Quit Safari, load up '/Applications/Utilities/Terminal' and enter the following command to disable Safari's native PDF support..
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES
Launch Safari and navigate to its Preferences section. Check the box which allows the automatic opening of 'safe' files. Set the default download location to be your desktop.
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