463868 - default application not given in download file dialog box if no file extension and served as application/octet-stream

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Eli Grey (:sephr)]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417 Firefox/3.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.0.3) Gecko/2008092417 Firefox/3.0.3

When you download a file in Windows without a file extension that is served as application/octet-stream, the option to open the file with the default associated application is not given and instead you are given the option to browse for a program to open the file with.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to file served as download without a file extension (content-disposition:attachment)
Actual Results:  
You are given the option to browse for a program to open the file even if you have an associated program to open files without file extensions.

Expected Results:  
You are given the option to open the file using the default associated program in Windows.

Comment 1

[Eli Grey (:sephr)]

Attachment: Screenshot

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Not surprising, you can't ask windows for a default handler for a file without extension

Comment 3

[Eli Grey (:sephr)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Not surprising, you can't ask windows for a default handler for a file without
> extension

Well not by default, but Windows does let you do it through "assoc .=filetype"

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported using Firefox 3.0 or older, which is no longer supported. The bug has also not been changed in over 500 days and is still in UNCO.
Reporter, please retest this bug in Firefox 3.6.10 or later using a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles. If you still see this problem, please update the bug. If you no longer see the bug, please set the resolution to RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

This is a mass search of unconfirmed bugs that have no activity on them, so if you feel a bug was marked in error, just remove the CLOSEME comment in the whiteboard within the next month.

Comment 5

[Eli Grey (:sephr)]

Re-confirmed with Firefox 3.6 on a clean profile. It also affects Windows 7.

Comment 6

[Manuela Muntean [Away]]

Attachment: screenshot_2013.jpg

Reproducible with the latest Nightly (build ID: 20130818030219) on a Windows 7 32bit machine.

Please see the attached screenshot for details.