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If i close the firefox, the "download windows" also close .

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stardreamer77
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If i close the firefox, the "download windows" also close , but they are still some file not yet finish download, but the download windows close afetr exit firefox, and the downloading file appear "completed", but it didn't .

If i close the firefox, the "download windows" also close , but they are still some file not yet finish download, but the download windows close afetr exit firefox, and the downloading file appear "completed", but it didn't .

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cor-el
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You can set the pref browser.download.manager.quitBehavior to 2 on the about:config page.

That will make Firefox ask for confirmation if you want to cancel the download if you close Firefox.

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.download.manager.quitBehavior

See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/about%3Aconfig