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Configure Firefox to confirm before overwriting a file

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maladore
maladore
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I and most of the world's population do not have the best internet connection. At times it would manifest itself in a download that never finish and has to be manually canceled. The problem arises when after a successful download instead of clicking the "open folder containing file" I accidentally click the "Retry" button from the failed download just below it.

Firefox would overwrite the successfully downloaded file without asking for a confirmation. This is especially vexing for larger files which has huge cost for the user both in wasted time and money. While this can be avoided if the user has the "Always ask me where to save files" option selected, said option caused another hassle when downloading a large number of smaller files.

In short, my question is : is there a way to ensure Firefox -always- asks for a confirmation before overwriting a file ?

I and most of the world's population do not have the best internet connection. At times it would manifest itself in a download that never finish and has to be manually canceled. The problem arises when after a successful download instead of clicking the "open folder containing file" I accidentally click the "Retry" button from the failed download just below it. Firefox would overwrite the successfully downloaded file without asking for a confirmation. This is especially vexing for larger files which has huge cost for the user both in wasted time and money. While this can be avoided if the user has the "Always ask me where to save files" option selected, said option caused another hassle when downloading a large number of smaller files. In short, my question is : is there a way to ensure Firefox -always- asks for a confirmation before overwriting a file ?

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John99
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Hi maladore, I suppose if this is a common problem there may be an addon or utility that addresses this problem already. Try searching for download managers.

Someone may know of a good solution or addon.

You are in the wrong place if trying to suggest a Firefox enhancement, developers are not going to notice requests on this forum.

The people who answer questions here, for the most part, are other Firefox users volunteering their time (like me), not Mozilla employees or Firefox developers.

If you want to leave feedback for Firefox developers, you can go to the Firefox Help menu and select Submit Feedback... or use this link. (You'll need to be on the latest version of Firefox to submit feedback). Your feedback gets collected at http://input.mozilla.org/, where a team of people read it and gather data about the most common issues.