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How to prevent windows from sleeping when downloading a file

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alexdegt92
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When a download is active, Firefox does not prevent windows from sleeping, thus loosing the file. How can one fix that?

When a download is active, Firefox does not prevent windows from sleeping, thus loosing the file. How can one fix that?

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No Sleep Download {web link} Prevent your computer from going to sleep when downloading files.

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cor-el
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You would have to disable this feature in Windows or possibly start a program (media player) that disable this feature.

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No Sleep Download {web link} Prevent your computer from going to sleep when downloading files.

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cor-el said

You would have to disable this feature in Windows or possibly start a program (media player) that disable this feature.

Thanks. It is strange that Firefox does not do that automatically: any download manager does this! Should I submit this as a feature request?