How to stop PDF automatic downloads (again)...
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trustissues last edited by leocgWhelp, here I am not even a year after my previous post with the exact same problem. All my PDF's automatically download instead of getting a preview. I pulled up my old thread and checked my settings. Opera moved the location, but using the link in that thread pulled up the pdf settings anyway. Unfortunately, doing the same "Fix" as last time did not fix the issue.
It was already set to preview, so I tried changing it to automatically download. Closed Opera, restarted. Changed it back to preview. Closed Opera and restarted with no luck. I tried using a pdf viewer extension, but when I clicked "open in pdf viewer" a pop-up opened and said "to work properly" I had to download some random stuff from a link ... Hard pass. In fact after I uninstalled the add-on. I read the reviews and one user said that external link installed a web browser hijacker. Here's a link to the opera add-on (not the external link) in case anyone was wondering which one it was. There's a reason I have trust issues.
I'm sure nobody can tell me why Opera keeps bugging out and forcing me to download pdf's, so I'll settle for more insights on how to fix this. Please!!
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@trustissues It is possible for a server to specify that a file should be downloaded rather than viewed, so it is necessary to know if this happens for all PDFs or only certain ones.
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trustissues last edited by
@leocg I just checked a few sites and it seems to be only PDFs from facebook. The "fix" from my previous thread last year worked on all sites. So I'm not sure if this is a programming bug or compatibility issue. I'm part of a few woodworking groups and I occasionally view PDFs with plans, if I like them I download them. Now there's no viewing them, just downloads.
Also, you moved my post out of Opera Windows, but I'm using Opera One on Windows 10. Did I post in the wrong group?
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trustissues last edited by
@sgunhouse It seems to be only PDFs on facebook. I checked a few other sites and viewing is no issue. When I had this problem last year it was across all sites, but the solution fixed it (even on facebook). So I'm not sure if there was FB change or a bug in Opera or just something missing in my opera update, or just a compatibility thing. I'm running Opera One on Windows 10.
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sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by
@trustissues Could be a new setting on Facebook as well.
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burnout426 Volunteer last edited by
@trustissues said in How to stop PDF automatic downloads (again)...:
I'm part of a few woodworking groups and I occasionally view PDFs with plans,
Link to group and post that has PDF?
