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When downloading a .torrent file firefox still prompts how to open a file even after I selected 'do this for now on'.

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Kurzen
Kurzen
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Ever since I switched to Firefox from my google chrome it doesn't automatically open my torrent client. 'qtorrent' Even when I select do this automatically for now on. I went into options even to change it manually there, behavior is the same.

Ever since I switched to Firefox from my google chrome it doesn't automatically open my torrent client. 'qtorrent' Even when I select do this automatically for now on. I went into options even to change it manually there, behavior is the same.

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WestEnd
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Chrome doesn't work with downloading torrents. Mine is quite the opposite of what your saying. Chrome attempts to save .tor.mkv as a file instead of passing it to the torrent program to start. So unless you changed something in your FF config it's sounds more like corrupted FF.

Kurzen
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Fresh install of Windows 10, fresh install of Firefox. Though this issue was before I did the fresh install (1 week ago) of windows 10. Only change I made towards the handling of torrents is in the screen shot.

WestEnd
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Maybe clicking on ask where to save and then try again. Cause I have that optioned chosen instead of letting it do it. And as you can see in my save as nothing was changed except the location option.