On 11/03/2010 14:04, Shawn Walker wrote: > On 03/11/10 01:01 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: >> On 03/11/10 12:58 PM, Kenn Roberts wrote: >>> How do you configure Firefox to automatically launch executable files? >>> For example when the browser sees a pdf file have it launch a pdf >>> reader. >>> >>> The only place I have been able to find to configure Firefox is under >>> Edit>preferences. Are there other places where you can add >>> configuration >>> variables? >>> >>> Where is the configuration information stored? >> >> See this page: >> >> http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries >> >> Normally, the browser prompts you the first time it sees a specific mime >> type and gives you the option to always perform the action you select. > > Or alternatively: Edit -> Preferences -> Applications > > Cheers, It also can be modified/fixed manually in $HOME/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>/mimeTypes.rdf (sometimes these settings get messed up for some reasons, and the only way to fix them in such case is to manually modify mimeTypes.rdf).
Regards, Hillel.
