Forcing user to download known file types

Hello.
I need the users to download a few pdfs from my site.
The point is, I want the users, when the click on the pdfs to get a "Save as.." dialog instead of acrobat reader opening the pdf.

This happens in, say, Yahoo mail, when you try to open an attachement with a known type (jpg, pdf,... etc). You always get a "save as." even if it is a known file type.

How can I do this too?

Thanks a lot in advance

 

If you are in Apache, you can add a mime type for these specific files you want to be downloaded:

I do not know if this will work for non Windows SO's, but for windows users does the work.

you can do this in Cpanel or by adding this line to your .htaccess

AddType application/x-msdownload pdf

I hope this helps you.

 

This can be done in windows as well. I did it once for jpg files so the user would be prompted to download them. I don't remember how I did it, but if you need to know how for windows, let me know and I'll go though my old files to find it.