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firefox wont save my downloads to the location i have selected....just keeps saving them to my c drive

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rayh271
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my problem is very simple......firefox wont allow me save my downloads to any other location than my c drive....for example i have gone into options and set save downloads to my e drive....but still firefox keeps saving them to my c drive....i have 4 internal hard drives in my rig....and have tried saving downloads to them all.......why this is happening i cant understand....i have tried lots of suggestions....and have re-installed firefox multiple times

my problem is very simple......firefox wont allow me save my downloads to any other location than my c drive....for example i have gone into options and set save downloads to my e drive....but still firefox keeps saving them to my c drive....i have 4 internal hard drives in my rig....and have tried saving downloads to them all.......why this is happening i cant understand....i have tried lots of suggestions....and have re-installed firefox multiple times

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philipp
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hello, there's a general regression in firefox 27 that won't allow files to download directly into a root drive. please try to create a subfolder (like E:\Downloads) and set this as default location for downloads...

also see bug #958899.