Search Support Search. Home Firefox Manage preferences and add-ons Change what Firefox does when you For help with download problems, see What to do if you can't download or save files.
For help with embedded media on web pages, see Fix common audio and video issues. For help changing the e-mail program that Firefox uses, see Change the program used to open email links. Table of Contents 1 Download actions 2 Changing download actions 3 Adding download actions 4 Resetting download actions for all content types. Note: Firefox will not be able to properly handle a file download if a misconfigured web server sends it with an incorrect Content type. For example, Firefox may display the content as plain text instead of opening the file in an application or asking you what to do.
You can contact the website in such cases or you can try a Firefox add-on such as Content-Type Fixer to work around the problem. If you decide to use an add-on and you need help with it, you should visit the add-on site or contact the add-on developer directly for support.
Multiple entries for the same file format or extension? Some file types can include more than one Internet Media type. Right click on the link. Otherwise, what browser do you have? Do you see the PDF in the browser or in another app? My concern is how i do to revert this and be able to download it even if there is no such option.
There's no such thing as a PDF file that can be viewed but can't be downloaded. If you can see it, you've already downloaded it to your computer, if only as a temporary file.
So you need to either find a way to save it by right-clicking the link to it, as mentioned above, for example , or to find the path of the temporary file where it was saved to, and copy it from there. I just attached an image of what i can see from my browser, as you can see, there is no option where i can download this PDF and when i right click on it, there is no such option that allow me to download it.
Can you tell me how to solve this please. So, That is not a PDF. What makes you say that it is? In fact, that is a chrome browser. When i said " i do see the PDF in the browser ", i didnt mean i use chrome PDF viewer nor any type of app to see it, instead it literally means that the PDF is showed in my browser which in fact is chrome, dunno if this is understandable. It's a little hard for me to explain it if you didnt understand. Go to the Page Source and search for ". Copy the link to the browser's URL field, or use a downloader to get the file.
Hey man did you solved this problem. Can you share the solution. I'm facing the same problem,i eant to download the pdf but i cant. Please can you help. The document can only be scrolled up and down but not able to download the doc I think downloading is locked.
If this is really a PDF file, then viewing it requires downloading it. It's probably saved on your computer as a temporary file. You can also edit the file the browsers handles PDF files and tell it to save it, instead of opening it inline. However, I suspect this is not really a PDF, but some kind of presentation of it in another format.
Not sure why you say you are using Chrome, FyTg. Thanks for the help, i could solve the problem doing a different thing. By clicking show thumbnails, then print, then save as PDF i can now download it.
You don't need to do all that. If you're using FireFox, just use the download button, that's what it's for! Apparently there are ways to lock down the download feature. I've attached the example I am currently struggling with for your information.
I am sorry the right click menu is in German, but trust me when I say that there is no download option there either. Let me know if you have any other ideas. Click the menu button and select Settings. If you have tried the above suggestions, you can restore the default Firefox download folder settings:. To fix the problem, open Safari's Preferences and change the Save downloaded files to: setting to a valid folder such as your Desktop.
Then restart Firefox. Change the folder properties and try again, or try saving in a different location. If downloading certain file types does not work, check to make sure Firefox is not set to handle those file types differently from others. See Change what Firefox does when you click on or download a file for instructions on how to view and change how different file types are handled. Internet security software, including firewalls , antivirus programs, anti-spyware programs, and others can block certain file downloads.
Check the settings in your security software to see if there is an setting that may be blocking downloads. To diagnose whether Internet security software is causing problems, you can try temporarily disabling it, seeing if downloads work, and then re-enabling the software.
Downloading an executable file e. This happens because Firefox honors your Windows security settings for downloading applications and other potentially unsafe files from the Internet. To resolve this problem, use the solution given below.
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