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Firefox 4 keeps creating a dowload folder in my C: drive.

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Since I've updated to Firefox 4, every time I open the program it creates a download folder in my C: drive, even though I've chosen my downloads to go into my User/Downloads folder. Not a large bug here, but kind of annoying since I like to keep a tidy file system. I'm on Win 7 Home Premium x64.

Since I've updated to Firefox 4, every time I open the program it creates a download folder in my C: drive, even though I've chosen my downloads to go into my User/Downloads folder. Not a large bug here, but kind of annoying since I like to keep a tidy file system. I'm on Win 7 Home Premium x64.

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TonyE
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This is a known bug, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=474718 – Empty "Downloads" folder should not be created when opening main page of options dialog