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Why is Firefox saving all files in "firefox document" format?

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When I try to download a file by 'save target as' the only option I get is to save the file in Firefox Document format ( url.htm ). Why is that happening?!

When I try to download a file by 'save target as' the only option I get is to save the file in Firefox Document format ( url.htm ). Why is that happening?!

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

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Thanks for answering but that didn't work. In safe mode Firefox does the same. All files I google for are downloaded as url.htm when using "save target as". This is a fresh install of Windows 7. No virus, no spyware. Everything works good, except that problem with Firefox. That feature is working fine in Internet Explorer.

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It maybe because the target is not a direct URL. Sometimes the target would be a page on the result site from where it is redirected to the actual file. You can check that if you hover the mouse over a link.

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No! This happens with ALL files I try to download! But I've just noticed that this problem only occurs in Google Search! I can't reproduce it in Bing, for example, "save link as" works fine there. This is an issue between Firefox and Google... weird!

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The links on the Google results page are modified via onclick if you click them to allow phishing detection, so you need to open such a link and save the pages or links from the tab.

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Thank you for all your help, guys. So this is a normal thing? Because I was feeling like I was the only soul in the universe with this problem... And there's more. I've just discovered that I can use "save link as" in Google results when making the search through the tiny search bar integrated in Firefox!