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I no longer see "open with" option on the down load window after clicking "do this automatically for files like this". How can I revert this?

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I no longer see the "open with" option on the down load window after clicking "do this automatically for files like this". How can I revert this in order to have the option to open or save file again? I have Windows Vista and Firefox 19.0.2 Thank you.

I no longer see the "open with" option on the down load window after clicking "do this automatically for files like this". How can I revert this in order to have the option to open or save file again? I have Windows Vista and Firefox 19.0.2 Thank you.

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hello, you can change the default action for certain filetypes in firefox > options > applications.

Applications panel - Set how Firefox handles different types of files

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hello, you can change the default action for certain filetypes in firefox > options > applications.

Applications panel - Set how Firefox handles different types of files

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Thank you. but changing the default action changes the program the file is opened with. My problem is that I can only "save" the file and I don't have the "open with" option in the down load window which saves it to a temporary file. This happened after I accidentally checked the "do this automatically for files like this" box when I had checked the "save file" instead of the "open with" box. Any Ideas on how to get the "open with" showing again? Thanks again for your help.

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does it work when you set the default action for this filetype back to "always ask" in the options panel i've described before?

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No it doesn't. I only see the "save" option not the "open with".

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I'm sorry. It does work now. I had set the always ask option for the wrong type of file. It now works. Thank you very much for your help.