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Firefox logo Can I disable "Downloads" pop-up window?

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Re: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/822640

The chosen solution does not work. The setting "browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete" doesn't exist, and adding it and setting it to false doesn't change the browser's behaviour.

Re: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/822640 The chosen solution does not work. The setting "browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete" doesn't exist, and adding it and setting it to false doesn't change the browser's behaviour.

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Terry
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Set the following preference to false. browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel