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Firefox ignores my custom download location

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instead it will always automatically save a file in C:\Users\Username\Downloads\

instead it will always automatically save a file in C:\Users\Username\Downloads\

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This can happen if you specify the root location like X:/ and not a specific folder.
The solution in this case is to create a sub folder and specify to use this sub folder.

  • bug 958899 - Under Windows, cannot use a root directory as the destination for downloading

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cor-el
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Chosen Solution

This can happen if you specify the root location like X:/ and not a specific folder.
The solution in this case is to create a sub folder and specify to use this sub folder.

  • bug 958899 - Under Windows, cannot use a root directory as the destination for downloading

Please do not comment in bug reports
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html