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CSV not opening on downloads

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As up upgrade this morning Firefox no longer opens .CSV files on downloads. We don't want to download the actual file. It used to go to ../temp where it was cleaned up after a few days. We would save it where we needed it.

How can I get it back to where it opens a CSV in excel like it used too? I have looked at and tried all the articles i could find in support with no luck.

Fairly urgent. Thanks

As up upgrade this morning Firefox no longer opens .CSV files on downloads. We don't want to download the actual file. It used to go to ../temp where it was cleaned up after a few days. We would save it where we needed it. How can I get it back to where it opens a CSV in excel like it used too? I have looked at and tried all the articles i could find in support with no luck. Fairly urgent. Thanks

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cor-el
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You would have to open the file in download panel via the right-click context menu of this item during the download or once downloaded. To facilitate this they have decided to always open this panel when you download a file. All files are downloaded to the default download folder unless you use "Always Ask" and files you previously opened are no longer saved to the temp folder.