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How can I avoid Firefox's "you have chosen to open" dialog when I try to download a file?

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Mar 15, 20268937 views
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I just want it to save the file to disk, not bring up a dialog and make me click "Save File" each time. The file types that I'm downloading are not listed in Firefox's Applications preferences, and I see no way to add them. I'm using Firefox 3.6.2. @rlb.usa In the General > Downloads preferences, I…

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Fix for: How can I avoid Firefox's "you have chosen to open" dialog when I try to download a file?

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Firefox's approach to mime types it does not know is to ask first, and allow you to save your choice by checking off the "Do this automatically for files from now on". That said there is an extension called Download StatusBar that will just cause al…

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