Question by jumpingrightin: Odd error message when using Adobe Acrobat Reader and Firefox on the Macintosh, where is this fixed?
On the Mac OS X 10.3.9 when using Adobe Acrobat Reader 7.0.8 and Firefox 2.0.0.1, when downloading a PDF, it gives an error message of “…Could not be opened, because the associated helper application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences.”
This was working fine on previous versions of Firefox and Acrobat, and it seems after a Acrobat upgrade I get this error message each time I try to download a PDF. After pressing “OK”, it shows in the download Retry, and after clicking Retry then the file downloads. From what I have found the error message is coming from Firefox, but I don’t see a setting there to change, nor one in Adobe Acrobat. If you have had this problem or have a good way to solve it, kindly post your reply.
Best answer:
Answer by incorrigible_misanthrope
Go to the “Firefox” menu in the top left, then click “Preferences.” Go to the “Content” tab, and hit the button at the bottom that says “Manage.” In the search field at the top, type “pdf.” (I split off in my directions at this point, so read whichever paragraph applies to you.)
If you see anything in the box below, select it and hit the “Change Action” button, then click the second radio button. It will ask you to select an application. Navigate to Acrobat and hit OK.
If you don’t see anything in the box below after your search, double click the list (with nothing in it, of course.) It will ask you to select an application. Navigate to Acrobat and hit OK.
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