However, it isn’t a slam dunk to get these setting set. Windows 10 File associations appear at the registry level as is shown in the following image. I am not quite sure what it means to edit through alacarte.Top 12 Windows 10 Settings for Managing and Securing Work from Home EmployeesĬhanging File Association Properties to Open PDF Files Gedit ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.listĪpplication/pdf=sktop sktop sktop sktop Right clicking on a PDF file in Zotero gives a Zotero-specific set of options rather than the ones that would be in Nautilus. The problem is opening PDFs via Zotero/Firefox. Have already tried right clicking and setting default 'open with' from Nautilus. Have repeated the steps I originally tried with Foxit Reader rather than foxit with the same results. deb as well, and now have foxit and FoxitReader as options. I had originally installed Foxit using this: Files opened from Zotero (via Firefox) open with evince. Last edited by llmunro May 5th, 2010 at 10:40 PM.įiles opened from Nautilus open in Foxit. (This seemed to fix a similar problem on my Mint laptop.) Unfortunately, this didn't work and PDFs began opening with GIMP! I re-installed Evince, as I have to have a PDF reader for Firefox PDFs in the meantime.ĭoes anyone have any suggestions? Did I goof somewhere? Uninstalled Evince, in the hopes that this would make Foxit the default (and only!) PDF reader. Changed Firefox preferences (Edit>Preferences>Applications) and selected Foxit from the dropdown menu for PDF.Ĥ. Right-clicked on a PDF on my desktop, selected properties, and changed the Open With option to Foxit.ģ. Here are the steps that I've taken and their outcomes:ġ.

I would like these to open with Foxit rather than Evince. I use the Firefox addon Zotero to manage my dissertation research and the mountains of PDF files I've collected. I really prefer Foxit reader over Evince for various reasons and want to make Foxit my default reader for everything. Hi forum! I hope someone can help me figure this out, because I've done everything that I can think to do and I still can't make it work.

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