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do not want to skip the option of "save" or "open" before downloading

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I mistakenly clicked a box last time when I downloaded something such that now when I want to download sth, it directly shows the dialog of "which folder want to download to", but I want to choose "to save or open" before saving it somewhere in the folders. How to set it..thanks.

I mistakenly clicked a box last time when I downloaded something such that now when I want to download sth, it directly shows the dialog of "which folder want to download to", but I want to choose "to save or open" before saving it somewhere in the folders. How to set it..thanks.

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Change the action to "Always ask" in Tools > Options > Applications

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Change the action to "Always ask" in Tools > Options > Applications

wwwny
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Thank you. It works.