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Can't find downloaded file after closing the private window

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Aditya
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Hey folks, I use the firefox developer edition and I downloaded a zip file in it's private and when the download was complete I closed the window and open the download folder but the file was not there I haven't change the downloads folder location

Hey folks, I use the firefox developer edition and I downloaded a zip file in it's private and when the download was complete I closed the window and open the download folder but the file was not there I haven't change the downloads folder location

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dapuddha
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Make sure the file you downloaded wasn’t deleted by you computer thinking it was a virus.

cor-el
cor-el
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Was the file there before you closed the PB mode window ? PB mode won't keep the history like a regular window, so you lose download history, but you should keep the files.