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Why am I not able to open recent downloads from the downloads window?

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Davisea0201
Davisea0201
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Several of my plugins/addons are not up to date. I try to download the newest version via fire fox, but after the download is complete it does not automatically open, nor does it give me the option of opening the file or the folder. Those two items are grayed out. The file is not grayed out though, indicating that it is active, and that I should be able to open it. Anyone know how to solve this problem?

Several of my plugins/addons are not up to date. I try to download the newest version via fire fox, but after the download is complete it does not automatically open, nor does it give me the option of opening the file or the folder. Those two items are grayed out. The file is not grayed out though, indicating that it is active, and that I should be able to open it. Anyone know how to solve this problem?

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adampeebleswrites
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Hi Davisea0201,

I had some plugins too I needed to update after updating my Firefox browser to its latest version. Which plugins did you have trouble with? I updated Adobe Acrobat, Java, and Adobe Flash Player and had no problems.

Here is the link I used to update my plugins:

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/

Davisea0201
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I actually used that same page to find my plugins. I did click update, which sent it into my downloads, but once the download was complete I am not able to open it to finish the install. It just sits there.

cor-el
cor-el
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If "Open" and "Open Containing Folder" in the right-click context menu in the Download Manager window are grayed then that means that the file is no longer in the original download location and they may have been removed by Anti-virus or cleanup software.

It is possible that anti-virus software is corrupting downloaded files or is otherwise interfering with downloading files.
Try to disable the real-time (live) scanning of files in your anti-virus software temporarily to see if that makes downloading work.

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