How to set "ask where to save"
Please give EASY instructions on how to insure that Firefox 39 will ask where to put downloads. Have tried changing settings.
THANKS in advance. LTSilver
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The classical way is to select Always ask me where to save files in the Options tab. To open it, click on the menu button upper right and select Options, the corresponding feature is in the General panel, section Downloads.
Did you do that?
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The classical way is to select Always ask me where to save files in the Options tab. To open it, click on the menu button upper right and select Options, the corresponding feature is in the General panel, section Downloads.
Did you do that?
Yes! I did. I wasn't working and after I posted my question, I changed preference and changed again back to "ALWAYS ASK ME..."
Seems to be working fine now.
THANKS!! LT
Great!
To be sure it is definitely ok, you could shut down and start again your computer. There were some cases where parameter changes were not saved…
Thank you. Much appreciated. LT
This use to work but now it just downloads into the default Download folder. I even closed Firefox, deleted the mimeTypes.rdf file but after restarting FireFox it still does not ask.
Can you check the value for browser.download.useDownloadDir in about:config?
- Enter about:config in the address bar
- Accept the warning
- Find the line browser.download.useDownloadDir
If the setting corresponding to always ask where to download is right, you should see false.
Hi Murtu
What operating system do you use?
The OP (thread owner) was using a Mac.
Could you please start a new thread for your question since this is an older thread from July and Firefox 39?
Then you can provide more information like your operating system and installed extensions and installed plugins.
In case of crashes also please add some recent crash IDs that start with a "bp-" prefix.
You can check for problems with preferences.
Delete possible user.js and numbered prefs-##.js files and rename (or delete) the prefs.js file to reset all prefs to the default value including prefs set via user.js and prefs that are no longer supported in current Firefox releases.
You can rename (or delete) the content-prefs.sqlite file (content-prefs.sqlite.old) in the Firefox profile folder to reset website specific data.
Deleted the mimeTypes.rdf file rebooted again and it worked this time.
Deleted the mimeTypes.rdf file rebooted again and it worked this time.