Closed Bug 621636 Opened 14 years ago Closed 11 years ago

download mgr sometimes doesn't ask where to save

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
File Handling
Version:
3.6 Branch
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: jmichae3, Unassigned)

Details

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) Build Identifier: 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) this is not a consistent bug. it only happens once or twice every 10-20 downloads. I download from different places, usually exes or msis or pdfs or zips from various open source software sites (usually sourceforge.net). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.I have ff 3.6.12 configured to always prompt to save to a location I specify. 2. when clicking a link to download something, the download mgr bypasses the save as dialog and downloads automatically. 3. keep trying different projects on sourceforge.net until it happens. I usually right click on the download button and pick open in new tab for sourceforge due to the way they download. Actual Results: file save as dialog is bypassed and file is automatically saved to disk Expected Results: file save as dialog should be presented at all times. perhaps this is some sort of uninitialized variable problem or a pointer problem?
Version: unspecified → 3.6 Branch
Jim, are you still seeing this intermittent issue with a latest Firefox version?
Flags: needinfo?(jmichae3)
right now I have ot switched to using the downloads folder. that works consistently. I will need to switch it back and do some testing, so I will do that now. might take some time, doesn't happen too often. the problem described is where the download mgr instead of popping up a dialog prompting to save, it just downloads it without any interaction. after a repeat, it works fine that next time.
Flags: needinfo?(jmichae3)
so far so good, still checking. will try to get back after 2 weeks to a month of downloading to make sure. downloaded 5 updates to some computer repair programs I use. so I should start updating some more livecd's etc.
Thanks Jim! Marking this as WFM, but please reopen the bug if you still have issues.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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