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Downloads always saving

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piatkowskimeats
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On firefox, I have my settings for downloads set to "always ask"

When I click on an attachment on webmail it asks me to "open" or "download".

When I click "open", it still saves the PDF to my desktop.

How do I get it to stop saving things I open?

On firefox, I have my settings for downloads set to "always ask" When I click on an attachment on webmail it asks me to "open" or "download". When I click "open", it still saves the PDF to my desktop. How do I get it to stop saving things I open?

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Terry
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The procedure outlined in the following thread may work but it is only a temporary fix. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1370494