128949 - repeated questioning by Mozilla on how to handle .asx

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 93173

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[baberuth2923]

I'm not a programmer or anything, but I this problem is bothersome, so I figured
I'd point it out.  First, go to the naxos website and pick a composer, one of
his cds, and try to listen to one of his songs.  Mozilla will prompt you on how
to handle the file, and I always go to "Open Using an Application" and then
"Choose."  I choose Windows Media player, then it brings me back to the initial
dialogue box (which is sort of unnecessary) and I click "ok."  Everything is
fine, the file opens and plays.  But, when I want to listen to another song,
right after I just listened to one and went through everything, it reprompts me
and asks me how to handle the file.  I have to go and select windows media
player again, etc.  I do not think this was a problem with your latest released
version, but it has been a problem with newer builds pretty much ever since
then.  I would really appreciate it if you could fix this problem so that once I
choose what I want done with the file, it will open every proceeding file the
same way, so I don' have to be prompted over and over again.  Thank you very
much.  I know lots of my friends also find this an annoying problem, and we are
trying to stay loyal to you guys and stick it out through the development . . .
hopefully this will be fixed soon!  Thanks.

Comment 1

[Phil Schwartau]

Not sure of the right component for this one: XP Toolkit/Widgets?
Or they may have a better idea of the correct destination than I.
At any rate, this is not LiveConnect; reassigning for further triage -

Comment 2

[jag (Peter Annema)]

Which build (check the title bar for build id) did you see this problem on? Have
you tried a more recent build (if applicable)?

-> file handling

Comment 3

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

In the short term you can click the 'advanced' button, fill in the info once,
and uncheck the "always ask" checkbox in the dialog....

Duplicate of "Helper app decision  isn't remembered [using Open for
non-OS-defined types]"

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 93173 ***

Comment 4

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

marking verified as a duplicate.

if you decide to reopen this bug, please clarify why.

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