285300 - PDF downloads don't work and render XP unstable

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 173061

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

Description

[g.feigel]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.9.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040707 Firefox/0.9.2

This relates to bug reports 274123 and 268931.  I believe I know the source of
the problem.  When I have multiple tabs open and hit a PDF download button, and
then try to view another tab, not only does the PDF go white and say "done", but
closing Firefox and re-booting doesn't fix it.  Sometimes an XP cold start
helps.  But I've also found that the only sure way to bring everything back is
to run a ScanDisk.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.open 2 or more tabs
2.click on a PDF download button on one of the tabbed pages
3.hit another tab to view it
 AS BEST AS I CAN TELL, THIS IS WHAT'S CAUSING THE INSTABILITY.  PS - LOVE YOU GUYS.

Actual Results:  
No PDF download.  Re-start of Firefox did not fix.  Cold start of XP fixed it
sometimes.  The only sure fix is to run a full ScanDisk.

Expected Results:  
PDF download cleanly.

Firefox is a wonderful product.

Comment 1

[José Jeria]

Try upgrading to Acrobat Reader 7 and see if it helps. This is a dupe

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 173061 ***