197809 - file downloads are always saved as *.jpeg files

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 189598

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[saul]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

all files downloaded are saved as jpeg files...for example, when downloading an
application or any other file, it saves it as a *.jpeg file ...didnt encounter
same problem with IE

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.click on link for download
2.
3. 

Actual Results:  
when folder where file is to be saved comes up, it defaults to *.jpeg...download
manager adds "*.jpeg" to file extension
example: winzip.exe.jpeg

Expected Results:  
download file as is...when downloading applications for example, file should
have a "*.exe" extension

Comment 1

[Torben]

delete the application/octet-stream entry in edit/preferences/helper apps.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 189598 ***