Hello.

My Firefox (3.6.3) still displays the old dropdown... You may be having a problem with some extension or plugin that is hindering your Firefox's normal behavior. Have you tried disabling all add-ons (just to check), to see if Firefox goes back to normal?

Morbus, the issue is not caused by addons. It is a "feature" added to Firefox 3.6.3- I'm not sure how you got yours to do what it did. I'm guessing there is a way to implement a change in about:config.

I doubt that's the case, but I can't be sure. Can you provide a screenshot (of the whole screen, please) of the choose helper application, in your Firefox?

Morbus, it is exactly as it appears in the second link provided.

I understand that, but please provide a screenshot of the whole page.

You may want to upload the screenshot into http://imageshack.us/ or a similar site, to avoid the 200KB limit here.

I would rather not provide a screenshot of my entire desktop for an issue that concerns a single dialogue box. However, I have repaired it on my own with a little custom file manipulation.

I don't want your entire desktop, just the entire Firefox window.

I'm sorry for not being clearer.

I have a similar issue - which file was it?

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes). See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions

I have the same problem. I like the older implementation of the drop down list.

Just wanted to add that I tried it in safe mode after disabling everything (all add-ons, settings etc). Same thing happens.

Firefox does not remember the application that was used last time at all. The drop down list does not appear at all.