On 11/22/13, JohnW-Mpls <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Win XP, SM 2.22, Browser's Helper Applications list.
>
> I am using a fresh profile of SM and it will not let me save a pdf file I
> am
> downloading from US News % WR (with a notice about Helper Applications).
> That same file gets saved without hesitation using my old SM profile.  The
> old helper list shows "PDF file" as a type whereas the fresh helper shows
> only "Adobe Acrobat Document" as a type.  I'm guessing US News may well not
> be using Adobe's product to generate their pdf file and therefor it is not
> recognized by the fresh helper list.
>
> Is there a way to: copy the list from one profile to another, edit the
> list,
> or just add a type to the list?

you can try copying mimeTypes.rdf from your old profile.

I'm not sure what "will not let me save" means exactly.  If it always
displays the pdf in the browser instead of giving you the option to
save you can click on tools / add-ons manager and disable all the
adobe plugins..

Lee
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