620685 - Attachment download creates unwanted directory

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Thunderbird :: Untriaged, defect)

Description

[jon4t2]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7

Under Tools > Options > Attachments, the "Always ask me where to save files" option is selected.  When an attachment is downloaded from an RSS feed, the directory specified in the unselected "Save file to" option is created.  A directory is specified in the unselected "Save file to" option because it used to be the selected option.

My interim fix is to: 1) select the "Save file to" option, 2) specify an existing directory, 3) save that choice, 4) go back and select the "Always ask me where to save files" option, 5) save that choice.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1) Select the "Save file to" option.
2) Specify a directory that does not currently exist.
3) Save that choice.
4) Go back and select the "Always ask me where to save files" option.
5) Save that choice.
6) Download an attachment from an RSS feed with the "Always ask me where to save files" option enabled.

Actual Results:  
The non-existent directory specified in Step 2) was created.

Expected Results:  
Thunderbird should not have created any directory since the "Always ask me where to save files" option was enabled and executed, i.e. I was asked where to save the attachment and the attachment was saved where I specified.