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Is there a way when saving a file to have duplicates rename themselves automatically to example(1)?

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Switched from Chrome recently, and with that if you go to save a file and you already have a file with that name it will automatically rename it to whatever it was with a number in parentheses afterwards [so something like funnypic15(1).jpg]

Firefox just gives you a warning that a file with that name already exists after you try to save it. Anyway to get Firefox to behave like Chrome about this?

Switched from Chrome recently, and with that if you go to save a file and you already have a file with that name it will automatically rename it to whatever it was with a number in parentheses afterwards [so something like funnypic15(1).jpg] Firefox just gives you a warning that a file with that name already exists after you try to save it. Anyway to get Firefox to behave like Chrome about this?

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I don't know if there is an option for this. The file rename is a system element. Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for what you want.