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if firefox can stop windows autosleep during youtube playback. why firefox didn't stop autosleep during downloading a file?

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i have windows settings to sleep when idle for 2 minutes. when downloading a large file. my pc sleep during downloading. so firefox should prevent windows autosleep when still downloading. and make windows able to auto sleep back after finish downloading.

i have windows settings to sleep when idle for 2 minutes. when downloading a large file. my pc sleep during downloading. so firefox should prevent windows autosleep when still downloading. and make windows able to auto sleep back after finish downloading.

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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/no-sleep-download/ No Sleep Download Prevent your computer from going to sleep when downloading files.