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the boss 
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 Topic: help with browser tweak
Posted: 11 April 2006 at 12:56pm |
can anyone tell me a quick tweak to stop PDF files automatically opening in browser.. rather it should ask the enduser where they would like to download and save the file..
i am realizing that automatic opening of PDF file in IE is not safe..one can link a virus infected file on there webpage to spread it..
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Tegwin
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 3:00pm |
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Try this.. http://www.bnl.gov/itd/webapps/pdf_help.asp
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 3:32pm |
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well how about a registry tweak to do this..that would be more practical..
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Posted: 11 April 2006 at 8:58pm |
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How about right click and 'save as...' ????
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Posted: 12 April 2006 at 12:32am |
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Somewhere along the line the user selected that they wanted pdf's opened instead of being propted to open or save as. Not a good idea to screw with a users preferred file handling behavior. Down right arrogant in fact.
If it's on your own machine and you want to fix it, fire up explorer and go to tools}File Types. Then select PDF
There's a check box there to select if you want to display the Open/Dave As dialog box for this file type.
Turn it on and the next time you download a pdf, you'll be prompted to Open/Save As and asked if you want that to be the default behavior.
Edited by dpyers - 12 April 2006 at 12:33am
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Posted: 12 April 2006 at 8:46am |
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if u havent read it properly, i said i want the pdf's to be saved and then opened instead of automatic opening in Acrobat or in IE....
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Posted: 12 April 2006 at 9:52pm |
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Nope, you said you wanted to save instead of open.
If you want to do both though, I don't know how to do it. SFAIK, the file types can only be set to one action for view, open, and edit.
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Posted: 12 April 2006 at 11:03pm |
 the boss wrote:
it should ask the enduser where they would like to download and save the file.. |
Yup deff says save the file....
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