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HOW DO I STOP firefox from directly SAVING documents before OPENING them?

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redfish1
redfish1
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when I download an email attachment, firefox wants to save it somewhere before opening it. Totally unneccesary....all I want is to open it, not save it in some folder. Is that possible and how?

thanks, Brian

when I download an email attachment, firefox wants to save it somewhere before opening it. Totally unneccesary....all I want is to open it, not save it in some folder. Is that possible and how? thanks, Brian

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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When you tell the browser to save something, it is stored in the downloads folder.

When you just want to look at the file without saving it, it is downloaded to temporary storage. Later, it is removed.

redfish1
redfish1 Question owner
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So how do it set it to download in the temporary storage? I don't find the program user friendly or helpful ....only help is from users, and Thanks!

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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If you select to view a file, it's downloaded to temp storage, then Firefox displays the file or calls another program to open it.