Firefox PDF file association change via command line

nsdjoe
Contributor II

Hi All,

I've searched around online and haven't found a solution yet so I thought I'd post here. Does anyone know if there is a way to change the file association for Firefox so that PDFs download and open (with Preview or Adobe Reader) rather than use the "Adobe Acrobat NPAPI Plug-in"? Currently on our computers, PDFs are trying to use the NPAPI plug-in and are opening to a blank tab within Firefox. We'd rather have PDFs download and open with an app. Wondering if there is a way to do this with a terminal command or script to update a large number of computers with this issue.

Thanks!
~Joe

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cbrewer
Valued Contributor II

Deleting AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin gets the job done.

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cbrewer
Valued Contributor II

Deleting AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin gets the job done.