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Using Chrome, why is PDF downloaded from one site but displayed with Chrome pdf viewer from another site?

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My company moved our shared files from one instance of Microsoft Sharepoint to another instance. Strangely, when I try to open a PDF in the new instance, Chrome downloads the PDF, while in the old instance of Sharepoint, Chrome displays the PDF in its built-in viewer. How can I make Chrome use its …

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Fix for: Using Chrome, why is PDF downloaded from one site but displayed with Chrome pdf viewer from another site?

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Is the new instance a newer version? Websites have some ability to direct how files they send should be handled, e.g. they can indicate that a file should be downloaded rather than viewed. I suspect that this has changed from version to version. It …

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