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Firefox 3 won't open .exe files from the Download Manager

Discussion in 'Software Apps' started by greatman05, Dec 29, 2008.

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  1. greatman05 Newcomer, in training

    Hello. As the title says, I can't seem to open any executable files from the Download Manager. Is there a way to fix this, or will I just have to deal with this as an annoyance in computing?
    greatman05, Dec 29, 2008
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  2. Bobbye Helper on the Fringe

    Tools> Downloads> right click> Open on the download.
    Bobbye, Dec 30, 2008
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  3. greatman05 Newcomer, in training

    That doesn't work...I can open the file fine from Windows Explorer, but the Download Manager will not let me open it, no matter how many times I try that...Any other suggestions?
    greatman05, Dec 30, 2008
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  4. Bobbye Helper on the Fringe

    Maybe I should ask you: What and where is the 'Download Manager'?
    Bobbye, Dec 30, 2008
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  5. greatman05 Newcomer, in training

    The default Download Manager that comes with Firefox...In the Tools menu under "Downloads"...
    greatman05, Jan 2, 2009
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  6. Bobbye Helper on the Fringe

    The Firefox default location for downloads is the desktop. Unless you have changed this, find the download on the desktop and double click to open. Opening using the Tools> Download screen reqwuires a right click on the download> Open.
    Bobbye, Jan 3, 2009
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  7. greatman05 Newcomer, in training

    Ok...what I'm trying to say is, there is something in my Firefox configuration that prevents me from opening executables directly from Firefox, and I don't know what it is (right-clicking on the download and clicking Open from the Download Manager has no effect besides the usual confirmation dialog, but I can still open the downloaded executable from wherever I downloaded to)...is there a way for me to fix this short of reinstalling Firefox?
    greatman05, Jan 5, 2009
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  8. Bobbye Helper on the Fringe

    Do you understand if you want to open the download from within the Download Manager in Firefox, that you do a right click> open?

    I just did a download, then closed the Download Manager. Went to Tools> Downloads> right click> open on what I had just downloaded.

    What are you doing differently?
    Bobbye, Jan 5, 2009
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