Automatic prompting for file download windows 7

This was the solution I needed. Did a reset and when downloading RAR files the "do this automatically" was greyed out. Had a hard time even finding the current profile but your answer saved the day.

Search Support Search. Learn More. Chosen solution Could you try copying your old mimeTypes. I'm out of time to address the problem with "do this automatically" but there is one suggestion for why it could be grayed out in this article: [[Change what Firefox does when you click on or download a file]].

I can't see anything in the Old Firefox Data that looks like it. Thanks for helping, though! Chosen Solution Could you try copying your old mimeTypes. I'll try copying over the mimeTypes. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Laplink Software, Inc. Neil Laplink. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks.

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I found that setting but this will download to the default location without being able to change the file name. Before the change the file saving window popped up and I could change the file name before saving, so I still could identify the file when I searched for it later.

So basically, you want just the 'Save as' option and remove the Open option, is that correct? If so, the Open option was added to the latest version as requested by most users so there's no way to remove this now. A workaround on this is to click all the files that you want to download without clicking an option then click Show all to view those so you can Save as each download and rename it.