Aaron Konstam wrote: > One thing you can do is the following: > Go to: about:config > in the browser, Then change the value of the config parameter: > browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions > from true to false. > This will allow you to go to: Edit->preferences->Content > Then in box called File types click on Manage. > There you will see a list of what application handles which extension > type. This can now be changed. This hidden feature of firefox is helpful > in situations such as yours. Thanks very much, I'll try that. I found that about:config brings up so many variables one could spend several hours trying to work out which are relevant. A bit like 10 pages of Terms & Conditions which one has to agree to for almost anything nowadays. If we really spent our time reading them we would have no time to use the product. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland