Pdf files wont download in firefox

 · I find that some PDF's will open fine within Firefox and others do not. If I get a blank page opening up instead of the file, I just right-click on that link and select "Save As" instead to download the file. Then you can view it locally with your PDF viewer.  · An earlier version of Firefox () had no problem with this and I was able to download and save my bank statements to my hardrive as PDF files. I just installed Firefox version hoping it would solve this problem, but no such luck. Go to the Downloads section Find the Downloads section under Files and Applications. Click the Browse Choose button next to the Save files to entry. Choose a different download folder for saving files. Close the about:preferences page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved. Reset the download folder.

Disable Adobe Acrobat (in my case Adobe Acrobat - Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape "") You can either leave it like that, or Enable it again. I don't understand it, maybe it resets something? Hope that helps. PDF Documents Won't Download. When I click on a PDF document, the web site opens up a new tab and puts the PDF in the new tab. From there, I can scroll the PDF and zoom in and out of the PDF. However, Download or View in Preview icons (located bottom center of the page) nothing happens. The file does not download, nor will it open in preview. In your web browser, do one of the following: Mac OS: Choose File Open (or Open File). Windows: Press Control+O. Click Browse. (Windows only) From the Files Of Type menu, choose All Files. Locate a PDF on your computer, select it, and then click Open. If the PDF opens, the website you were viewing could have a problem.

I find that some PDF's will open fine within Firefox and others do not. If I get a blank page opening up instead of the file, I just right-click on that link and select "Save As" instead to download the file. Then you can view it locally with your PDF viewer. If you can't open any PDF files with the built-in PDF viewer, a Firefox extension could be the cause. You can disable all of your extensions, to see if one of them was the problem. For details, see Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems. Several Firefox users have found themselves unable to download files from the internet after updating their browser. A group of users reported the problem after updating to version Not.