User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; de-DE; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; de-DE; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.9.3 create new mail: attached files (ex.:test.pdf) does not open if doubleclicked or right-click/open. Adobe Reader 5.1 / Adobe Writer are installed. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. create new mail 2. attach a file 3. try to open (doubleclick or rightclick/open -> norhing 4. save to drafts 5. try to open (doubleclick or rightclick/open -> norhing Actual Results: attached files doesn't open Expected Results: open the pdf's

Acrobat Reader 5.1 new installation: no change (attachment doesn't open)

What are you setting in Thunderbird under Tools|Options|Attachments for PDF files? If you have no entry for PDFs, you should be getting a box that asks you what to do with the file. However, if you've already specified "Save to disk," and you've also specified a folder where all downloads should go, *and* have cleared the checkbox on the download dialog to "Keep this dialog open after download complete" -- then double-clicking the attachment results in a silent save-to-disk.

(In reply to comment #2) > What are you setting in Thunderbird under Tools|Options|Attachments for PDF > files? If you have no entry for PDFs, you should be getting a box that asks you > what to do with the file. there's no entry. no box asks anything. how can i initiate it?

(In reply to comment #3) > there's no entry. > no box asks anything. > how can i initiate it? It should be initiated by double-clicking the attachment. You didn't specify which version of TB you're using. I get the "How should this file be handled?" prompt in TB 0.7. I won't be able to test 0.8 for another week.

> You didn't specify which version of TB you're using. I get the "How should this > file be handled?" prompt in TB 0.7. I won't be able to test 0.8 for another > week. sorry! tb 0.8

> You didn't specify which version of TB you're using. I get the "How should this > file be handled?" prompt in TB 0.7. I won't be able to test 0.8 for another > week. sorry! tb 0.8

Oh, I see my mistake. You're attempting to open from the Compose window. This isn't a bug, it's a feature request. Seamonkey bug 182121.

*** Bug 261065 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

*** Bug 266689 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Bug 239658 was patched to implement this feature, apparently for TB 0.6. Then the dupe was opened because it stopped working; but it's working fine in TB 0.9. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 262886 ***