Closed Bug 1178310 Opened 9 years ago Closed 9 years ago

Infinite loop when opening local pdf

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
File Handling
Version:
38 Branch
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 167320

People

(Reporter: s.plotto, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0 Build ID: 20150525141253 Steps to reproduce: I try to open pdf file stored on my hard drive. Actual results: A box is displayed asking me what to do (download or open with firefox). I choose "open with firefox" Expected results: The pdf should be displayed. When I'm trying the same thing with pdf stored online, there's no problem.
Actual results: A box is displayed asking me what to do (download or open with firefox). I choose "open with firefox" .... and an infinite loop open blanck tab on firefox !!
OS: Unspecified → Windows 7
Ok, I've refresh Firefox and it's working properly now. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings
(In reply to s.plotto from comment #2) > Ok, I've refresh Firefox and it's working properly now. For future reference, you could've just deleted mimeTypes.rdf from the profile folder while Firefox is closed. https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 9 years ago
Component: Untriaged → File Handling
OS: Windows 7 → All
Product: Firefox → Core
Hardware: Unspecified → All
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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