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download manager stops when I turn off Firefox

gallicbear2
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I tried this twice now; it didn't used to be that way. I have a download in progress. When I turn off Firefox, the download ends, too. My version is Firefox 24. How can I keep the download going? Thanks for your help.

I tried this twice now; it didn't used to be that way. I have a download in progress. When I turn off Firefox, the download ends, too. My version is Firefox 24. How can I keep the download going? Thanks for your help.

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The default is to pause a download and resume the download automatically the next time.
You can set the browser.download.manager.quitBehavior pref to 2 on the about:config page.
That will make Firefox ask for confirmation if you want to cancel the download when you close Firefox.

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cor-el
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The default is to pause a download and resume the download automatically the next time.
You can set the browser.download.manager.quitBehavior pref to 2 on the about:config page.
That will make Firefox ask for confirmation if you want to cancel the download when you close Firefox.

See:

gallicbear2
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Thanks, cor-el. I was hoping that Firefox could continue in the background when a download is active, but it's not smart enough to do that, I guess.