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Why after latest update today my firefox always see GIF files as MP4? Any idea to revert it?

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Indelacio
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Right click on GIF image shows "save video as.." no choice to save image as.. there is a "save snapshot as " choice, but no gif file type can be chosen. anyone know how to fix this? before update it worked greatly...

Right click on GIF image shows "save video as.." no choice to save image as.. there is a "save snapshot as " choice, but no gif file type can be chosen. anyone know how to fix this? before update it worked greatly...

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guigs
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Sort of: http://www.7tutorials.com/how-associate-file-type-or-protocol-...

Is the file type associated with the program or is the program setting the default. If the laterApplications panel - Set how Firefox handles different types of files

cor-el
cor-el
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Try to rename (or delete) the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox profile folder to reset all file actions.