Thanks for your feedback. And to be sure, before posting my question, I checked in the default app settings and FoxIt was already set. Except it doesn't. I gave it a shot I made sure to set Adobe as the deault app for. It made no difference. So I had to go back and reset my preference. And then I got the usual pointless prompt about having to download the PDF. Thank you for your help. I've just going to live with this for the time being. I'm reluctant to do any re-installation for fear of borking something in my profile too many extensions and stuff.
I had hoped there was some particular setting or hack that would just get this working, but if not then I can work around it. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Search the community and support articles Favorites, history, and downloads Microsoft Edge Search Community member. I have set FoxIt Reader to handle pdf files. I have set Edge to not open PDF files. This thread is locked.
Oops, there were typing errors in my previous post. Andrew Barber 38k 20 20 gold badges 91 91 silver badges bronze badges. What previous post? If you have Apache add this to the. Alexander Alexander 43 1 1 silver badge 4 4 bronze badges. Kindly suggest me. Thanks in advance. That does the opposite to what is asked for — Quentin. Nervous Laughter By default , when you open a pdf file in firefox, it will provide you with a popup to either save the pdf file or to open it directly and there is also a check box which says do this action automatically from now on and guess who selected it.
Ashfaq nisar Ashfaq nisar 6 6 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. Nick Kongk. Open downloads. Cleb No mention that they use PHP. What if their backend is in Python or. He doesn't even say what framework he's talking about.
I have used this code and it worked perfectly. Mohsin Mohsin 5 2 2 bronze badges. No mention that they use Apache. What if they use IIS? Or Express? Gabriel Ryan Nahmias Gabriel Ryan Nahmias 2, 1 1 gold badge 24 24 silver badges 39 39 bronze badges. What if you don't use AdobeReader or don't use windows?
You're answer will not work. Moreover, it require asking the user to change their setting, which you can't do in real world. Kirk Strobeck Kirk Strobeck Yes, but I need a way to force to open in browser not to download. I have no idea if its possible. If you aren't forcing it to download, then you ARE forcing it to open in the browser. My system is windows 7 with IE I tested on another PC with windows 8. It worked. I really appreciate the efforts which you have put to try and fix the issue till now.
From the issue description, I understand that you want to view the PDF file when you click on it, instead of downloading to your computer. Open Internet Explorer. Click the Programs tab.
Click the Manage Add-ons button. To proceed, select your browser from the list below and follow the instructions. To change the name of a PDF file you want to download, right-click the download link and select Save As. However, downloading a PDF is still possible.
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