My default downloads folder is on my server at work, so when I'm at home the downloads window won't open and I can't change my download settings.
I've tried resetting my downloads folder to default, but it just goes back to the downloads folder on my work server that I won't be able to connect to until next month. When I try to select a different download folder, the "browse" button doesn't work. I've also tried selecting the option to ask me where to save each time, but nothing pops up when I try to save something.
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you can also double-click the preferences that i've mentioned in about:config and manually add a custom path - C:\ for example will make the root folder of your harddrive the new default download location.
and in case the settings are not saved after a restart of firefox please see How to fix preferences that won't save
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hey jessicats86, please enter about:config into the locationbar of the browser (you might have to confirm the info message in case it shows up) and search for the preferences named browser.download.dir & browser.download.lastDir. right-click each of them and reset the value to the default. then restart firefox and try to set the download folder again in the options panel.
Like I said in my post, when I reset to default it sets it to the downloads folder on my work server that I don't have access to. I'm not sure why that is the default setting, but there doesn't seem to be any way of changing it to another folder because it gets stuck trying to access that unavailable folder first.
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you can also double-click the preferences that i've mentioned in about:config and manually add a custom path - C:\ for example will make the root folder of your harddrive the new default download location.
and in case the settings are not saved after a restart of firefox please see How to fix preferences that won't save
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You can also check other browser.download prefs to see if any of them point to that folder.