What happens if you set the Firefox preference to "always ask" for that application? Can you then "re-tell it what to (correctly) do" when you next try to open that file type from the Downloads window? Cheers, Roger Leighton Gelling wrote:
I looked there, but that seems to only apply to actually saving it -- whether Firefox should save the file, or open it in the selected application. I set PDFs, for example, to be always saved. Even if the PDF icon is shown (sometimes it isn't), double-clicking the link will still start Writer.
Sandy
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz <mailto:zcat(a)zcat.geek.nz>> wrote:
Edit > Preferences > Applications would be my guess.
2009/9/14 Chakat Sandwalker <sandwalker(a)gmail.com <mailto:sandwalker(a)gmail.com>>: > For some bizarre reason, when I save something in Firefox, such as a > picture or PDF, if I double-click the item in the Download Manager it > starts OpenOffice Writer to open the file. It's starting to get quite > annoying. Does anyone here know how to get the correct programs (Eye of > Gnome for pictures, Evince for PDFs, etc) to open the files instead of > Writer? > > Sandy
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