Open Bug 380466 Opened 16 years ago Updated 6 months ago

Error selecting application to open downloaded file

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect

Tracking

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UNCONFIRMED

People

(Reporter: joao.pintus, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; it; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; it; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070309 Firefox/2.0.0.3

When i click to one file to download it, firefox trough a window tell me if i want to open the file, or if i want to save this file.
I choose to open a file (for example a .pdf file). I browse on my file system and i select the application "AcroRead.exe" to open the .pdf file.
I click "OK" button, and it work correctly.
But if in the same web page i open another kind of file (for example a .tex file), i click the link to open the file, and ever firefox trough a "dialog window" tell me if i want to open the file, or if i want to save this file.
I choose to open the file, i browse on my file system and i select the application "Scite.exe". 

The problem is that in the dialog window there is ever the string "AcroRead.exe", and also if i select another time the application "Scite.exe" to open this file, the string "AcroRead.exe" is ever displayed.

But if i click the "OK" button, firefox open the .tex file correctly with the application "Scite.exe"

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
See details.

Actual Results:  
firefox open another application, that i haven't selected.

Expected Results:  
firefox must display the correctly application that i have selected
Component: Download Manager → File Handling
Product: Firefox → Core
QA Contact: download.manager → file-handling
Product: Core → Firefox
Severity: minor → S4
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