i save downloads to my desktop, but they are deleted when i quit firefox - how can my downloads remain on my desktop?
in general > downloads i save my files to the desktop. the files show up on my desktop and i can open them and saveas them etc. however, when i quit firefox, all the files (which were not saved-as) are deleted. this did not happen before i updated to the newest firefox version.
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You can set the pref browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit to false on the about:config page.
To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.
You can use the Filter bar at to top of the about:config page to locate a pref more easily.
thank you for your reply, cor-el. however, the preference browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit is not there... ?
If the pref isn't there then try to create a new Boolean pref with that name.
See:
i set the boolean preference, however the file was still deleted when i closed firefox.
but i have fixed the problem by saving the file when prompted, rather than opening in preview. this was not a problem in the previous firefox version.
thank you for your help, cor-el.