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In Settings, "Always ask you where to save files" is check, yet never asks.

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Dana Gibson

Why doesn't Firefox ask me where to save a potential file when in Settings, "Always ask you where to save files" is checked?

Why doesn't Firefox ask me where to save a potential file when in Settings, "Always ask you where to save files" is checked?

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It may depend on the scenario and file type, see https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1389485 — does that sound it might apply to your situation, or you just get no prompts, no matter the associations and apps set to trust or open file types etc.?

Some of the corner cases were being discussed:

no prompts, no matter the associations and apps set to trust or open file types etc.

Hi, do I understand correctly that you have "Save file" (or "Always ask") set in the Applications table for the file type(s) you are trying to save?

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