![]() ![]() I just hope Firefox doesn’t reverse the toggles when it updates, later. It’s really frustrating to have Firefox keep making these changes. If one reads the entire string at the Mozilla link I note, above, one can see what to change in the configuration if one wants to see the files in the browser before making choices to save or delete. Go to “_downloads_in_tmp_dir” and toggle from “true” to “false” which will clutter the temp folder, but won’t clutter your download folder (“My Downloads” is where mine would get stored). Which directed me to make this second change in about:config: Today, I found that solution, alone, does not stop the problem. In “about:config” I set the toggle to “false” on “_to_download_panel” and all of my PDFs open and it no longer automatically saves a copy to My Downloads folder as it did after Firefox updated to v. Well, it looks like Firefox 107 started the problem all over again, but this time, there are two changes to about:config to make to stop Firefox from automatically downloading files that one may not want to save on ones computer. All my Bank, Insurance and Mobile Phone statements end up in the “Downloads” folder and I have to move them manually. They all end up in the standard “Downloads” folder without even asking if I want to download the document or where I want it to be saved. , the file dialog went automatically to the Virtual Box folder. You can have in you “Downloads” folder different sub-folders for different banks, mobile phone providers, insurances, for Rasberry Pi, for Virtual Box, … and when you started a download from e.g. ![]() I like(d) the fact, that you could configure Firefox to always ask where to download a pdf to, and Firefox remembered the last location that you’ve used for this server. This is very annoying already for months :-( Now You: automatic downloads or download prompts, what is your preference?įirefox is automatically downloading any PDF to the standard “Download” folder (although I’ve configured it to always ask where to download to) **and** is also displaying the PDF in a new tab. Firefox users who want more control over the downloading behavior or block automatic downloads, need to enable the "always ask you where to save files" option under Downloads in the Firefox settings to achieve that.įirefox 97 Stable is scheduled for a release on February 8, 2022. Mozilla's new automatic downloading system for Firefox makes downloads more comfortable to users. Our suggestion back then was to enable the "ask where to save each file before downloading" option in Chrome to prevent this attack from happening, as Chrome will prompt to pick a download location for the file before the file is saved to the local system. scf file format, which Windows processed automatically when the folder is opened.Ī drive by download attack, which downloads files automatically without user interaction, or getting users to click on the download link, was sufficient to plant the prepared file on the user system. Back in 2017, a new attack was discovered that used Chrome's automatic download behavior. Why you may want to enable download promptsĭownloads are checked by the integrated Safe Browsing component, but anything that passes the check, is downloaded automatically. You may use it to save files to different folders on the local system. Switch to "Always ask you where to save files" to get a prompt each time to select the download directory for the selected file.įirefox displays a save to prompt each time a download is started in the browser.On Windows, that is the Downloads folder ( which Windows users can change). Downloads are configured to save files to a specific directory by default.Scroll down on the General page to the Files and Applications section. ![]()
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