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why do my downloads when finished automaticly play in media player ?

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larry248
larry248

When I download a mp4 or avi file using firefox...the download finishes and it starts to play in windows media player automaticly without even asking me..all I want to do is d load the file and play later.Any suggestions to fix the problem.

When I download a mp4 or avi file using firefox...the download finishes and it starts to play in windows media player automaticly without even asking me..all I want to do is d load the file and play later.Any suggestions to fix the problem.

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Kadir Topal
Kadir Topal

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Hi Larry, you can change the behavior for every file in the Firefox preferences. Here is how: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Options%20window%20-%20Applications%20panel?s=applications&r=0&e=es&as=s

Vivek
Vivek

Also see:

File types and download actions

Managing file types

Options

Modified by Vivek