Closed Bug 1372212 Opened 8 years ago Closed 8 years ago

Saving files in admin folders impossible

Categories

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Downloads API
Version:
53 Branch
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: raketenwilli1, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:53.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/53.0 Build ID: 20170518000419 Steps to reproduce: Klicked on a file link -> Save file -> navigated to admin required folders Actual results: Pop-up opened if I want to save in my user directorie instead. Expected results: There should open a requestion for admin rights.
"directory" not "directorie"
Component: Untriaged → Downloads API
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
The save dialog is controlled by the operating system, not by Firefox, and Windows does not provide a feature to grant privileges to the application. The only possible workaround is to save to a user folder and move the file later.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 8 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
So why does many apps can open and save data to root directories in your opinion?
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