Why does Firefox say that all .ZIP files are Google Gadgets?
Whenever I open a file of MIME type application/zip from a website, Firefox says that I have chosen to open a file "which is a: Google Gadget."
I had the old Google Desktop on my old PC which used Gadgets, which have the extension .GG (not .ZIP), and I copied my profile with tons of my user info to my new PC.
How do I get Firefox to not say that all .ZIP files are Google Gadgets?
Chosen Solution
Did you try to delete the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox Profile Folder?
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See this-
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+file+types
Change the action for ZIP content type.
There was no action for "Compressed (zipped) Folder," so I made it Explorer -- same results.
My Firefox seems to think that, as shown if I select "Use other..."
- application/zip is a Google Gadget and
- application/x-zip is a Compressed (zipped) Folder.
Both are designated with zip icons.
So ideally I want to fix application/zip in Firefox so that it's a ZIP file like normal.
You probably need to change that MIME type in the MIME database key in the Windows registry.
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type
.zip is registered as content type application/x-zip-compressed.
In the MIME DB, application/x-zip-compressed and application/zip are both registered to extension .zip.
application/x-zip is not in either.
Chosen Solution
Did you try to delete the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox Profile Folder?
Thank you; that was it. Rather than delete, I was able to edit the following from...
- NC:fileExtensions="gg"
- NC:description="Google Gadget"
... to...
- NC:fileExtensions="zip"
- NC:description="Compressed (zipped) Folder"