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I sometimes can't put a check mark for "Do this automatically for files like this from now on", when I'm downloading some files. Why not? How to fix?

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tailonfire replied 6 years ago
tailonfire
tailonfire

Most files I click on, I want Firefox to download a copy to my laptop. I often have the option to put a check mark for "Do this automatically for files like this from now on". But sometimes, I can't. Why is that?

Most files I click on, I want Firefox to download a copy to my laptop. I often have the option to put a check mark for "Do this automatically for files like this from now on". But sometimes, I can't. Why is that?

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cor-el
cor-el
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You can't select this option if the file is send with a generic file type like "application/octet-stream".

tailonfire
tailonfire Question owner

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This helpful comment on another question seems to help. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1255370#answer-1211216

Modified by tailonfire