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Autonumbering downloads with the same name

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I've found plenty of past forum posts about this issue but nothing recent and maybe it is a bug but I'm doubting it. I want Firefox to auto number downloads of the same name, instead of asking to replace the file that already exists. Example: XYZ.jpg is in the downloads folder downloading another will default to XYZ(1).jpg, just like every chromium based browser does natively.

The setting "Always ask you where to save files" IS DISABLED, and I'm still experiencing every download of the same name needing to manually enter a number or change the file name somehow because it just asks to replace or not. I have Revo nuked Firefox from the system to reinstall, created new profiles since for some reason factory reset isn't a feature anymore. I have tried Firefox on multiple systems all with the same issue. I even tried enabling always ask where to save files in case something got switched.

If I'm missing something stupid, "great?" I want this convenience resolved but at the same time it shouldn't be this difficult to fix, it should just naturally be right there as an easy fix. I really want to see Firefox succeed have more competition for chrome based browsers, but its always something stupid like this that inevitably pushes me back to chrome.

Thank you for any help.

I've found plenty of past forum posts about this issue but nothing recent and maybe it is a bug but I'm doubting it. I want Firefox to auto number downloads of the same name, instead of asking to replace the file that already exists. Example: XYZ.jpg is in the downloads folder downloading another will default to XYZ(1).jpg, just like every chromium based browser does natively. The setting "Always ask you where to save files" IS DISABLED, and I'm still experiencing every download of the same name needing to manually enter a number or change the file name somehow because it just asks to replace or not. I have Revo nuked Firefox from the system to reinstall, created new profiles since for some reason factory reset isn't a feature anymore. I have tried Firefox on multiple systems all with the same issue. I even tried enabling always ask where to save files in case something got switched. If I'm missing something stupid, "great?" I want this convenience resolved but at the same time it shouldn't be this difficult to fix, it should just naturally be right there as an easy fix. I really want to see Firefox succeed have more competition for chrome based browsers, but its always something stupid like this that inevitably pushes me back to chrome. Thank you for any help.
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