1608888 - Problem with opening files directly after downloading

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1601905

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

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Attachment: second pop-up.png

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:72.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/72.0

Steps to reproduce:

When I try to download a file (I noticed it first when trying a PDF file, but it fails on all file types) the usual pop-up comes to ask me if I want to save it or open it with some program on my laptop (settings are on 'Always ask' for all file types). Only recently, when I choose the option 'open with ...' and select the program I need, then click OK, another pop-up appears (screenshot added) which doesn't allow me to actually open the file. I have to go into the temporary folder where it is stored to be able to open it.

Actual results:

Weird second pop-up appeared, I even tried to select the right program there, but that just opens the program to have the program tell me the file isn't readable.

Expected results:

No second pop-up, just download the file as usual and directly open in in my program of choice, for example Adobe Reader for a PDF file or the standard installed photo editor for a png or jpg file.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

Bugbug thinks this bug should belong to this component, but please revert this change in case of error.