From: Gary Britt 

Are you using Firefox 2, I can't find the setting in Firefox 1.5

Gary

Rich Gauszka wrote:
> I just installed the Foxit reader and changed the Firefox settings and it
> appears to work
>
>
> "Gary Britt" 
wrote in message
> news:4573ce29$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Maybe?!   I'll take a look.  Thanks,
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> Rich Gauszka wrote:
>>> with Firefox can't you  go into Tools - Options - Content - File
>>> Types/Manage and change the 'Open With' for pdf ?
>>>
>>> "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message
>>> news:4573c0dd{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> I guess that's a duh moment for me.  I have foxit
installed and had it
>>>> make itself the default for PDF's upon installation.  If I
double click
>>>> a .pdf file it opens in foxit, but if I'm browsing and
click a link to a
>>>> .pdf file it opens in Adobe (I am assuming because adobe
has a browser
>>>> plugin and foxit doesn't, if I remember correctly).
>>>>
>>>> I guess I could disable the Adobe plugin.
>>>>
>>>> Seems odd that foxit doesn't install a plugin for browsing
when you tell
>>>> the foxit installer to make foxit the default .pdf viewer.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>> Geo wrote:
>>>>> Why bother? Just set foxit as the default program for
.pdf and when you
>>>>> click on a pdf link you get a popup saying "save
or open".
>>>>>
>>>>> Geo.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message
>>>>> news:45729291$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> Is there a browser plugin for foxit reader?  Maybe
we could just name
>>>>>> a
>>>>> copy
>>>>>> of foxit reader acro32.exe or whatever is correct
and put it in the
>>>>>> appropriate adobe directory or something like that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gary
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Geo wrote:
>>>>>>> 4 days later and still no patch or word on
when it will be
>>>>>>> available..
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Geo.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "John Beamish"
 wrote in message
>>>>>>>
news:op.tjvvyomgm6tn4t{at}dellblack.wlfdle.phub.net.cable.rogers.com...
>>>>>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/01/adobe_vuln/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A critical vulnerability has been
identified in Adobe's Acrobat and
>>>>> Reader
>>>>>>>> software which affects Internet Explorer users.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> As well as causing crashes, the frailty
could allow a botnet to take
>>>>>>>> control of the whole computer when a PDF
is opened within Explorer.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The hole is present in Acrobat Standard
and Professional versions
>>>>>>>> 7.0.0
>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> 7.0.8, and Adobe Reader 7.0.0 to 7.0.8.
Only Microsoft's browser is
>>>>>>>> vulnerable.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Adobe's programmers are working on a
patch, which should be
>>>>>>>> available
>>>>> on
>>>>>>>> its support site soon. In the meantime,
deleting AcroPDF.dll from
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>> will
>>>>>>>> prevent Explorer from opening PDFs in the
browser window.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Adobe's advisory is here.(JB:  embedded link:
>>>>>>>>
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa06-02.html )
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