minimax Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 I searched for this on the forum but oddly nothing came up. I want to disable the built-in PDF reader. I.e. when I click a link to a PDF I always want the Open/Save box to come up, so that I can open it in my dedicated reader (PDF-Xchange). In PDF-Xchange preferences, under File Associations, the option "Display PDF in browser" is unticked. (But for some reason the whole option is greyed out and I couldn't tick it if I wanted to.) Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.S. Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 1 hour ago, minimax said: I searched for this on the forum but oddly nothing came up. I want to disable the built-in PDF reader. I.e. when I click a link to a PDF I always want the Open/Save box to come up, so that I can open it in my dedicated reader (PDF-Xchange). In PDF-Xchange preferences, under File Associations, the option "Display PDF in browser" is unticked. (But for some reason the whole option is greyed out and I couldn't tick it if I wanted to). Thank you. I think you can only disable all plugins in Menu → Settings → Advanced → Content Control or just remove or rename pdf.dll in Maxthon\Core\Webkit Maybe it works, maybe not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7twenty Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 7 hours ago, A.S. said: I think you can only disable all plugins in Menu → Settings → Advanced → Content Control This will also disable Flash and any other plugins running. 7 hours ago, A.S. said: remove or rename pdf.dll in Maxthon\Core\Webkit This is a better and recommended option. An option in settings would be nice for things like this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrey Posted November 26, 2015 Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 Click the menu button and choose Preferences. Find Portable Document Format in the list and click on it to select it. Click on the drop-down arrow in the Action column for the above entry and select the PDF viewer you wish to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted November 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 16 minutes ago, shrey said: Click the menu button and choose Preferences. Find Portable Document Format in the list and click on it to select it. Click on the drop-down arrow in the Action column for the above entry and select the PDF viewer you wish to use. Which program are you referring to? This doesn't look like it applies to Maxthon or PDF-Xchange. .pdf files are already associated with PDF Xchange in Windows. I'm using Maxthon 4 on Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted November 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 On Wed Nov 25 2015 12:04:45 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard, A.S. said: or just remove or rename pdf.dll in Maxthon\Core\Webkit Thanks - I'll try this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-ody- Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 1 hour ago, bkmtech said: Has this been fixed yet. I think the fact that we even have a topic devoted to something as simple as wanting to view a pdf file in its native application so we have ""FULL FUNCTIONALITY AT ALL TIMES"" is an example of why I sometimes hate software developers, as well as the influence Adobe has, which is undeserved. I wont even use Adobe products unless I have to, and there are better free readers than Adobe anyway. Bit I digress, I just want a verifiable way to get a PDF file to open in its native application so I have ""FULL FUNCTIONALITY AT ALL TIMES"" Warning, I will be an ________ if this gets ignored any longer. Brian K Mcclung BKM Engineering Windows 7, Maxthon v4.4.7.3500 read this and next time don't post 3 times the same thing in 3 different places ps : threatening isn't the best way to get something from devs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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