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Why is there no way to open the last download folder after a firefox
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On 8/9/2018 7:43 PM, OG wrote:
Why is there no way to open the last download folder after a firefox restart !!! ? Have you tried asking at the mozilla.support.firefox newgroup? For that, you need to create a free account in SeaMonkey for the news.mozilla.org news server. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com Too often, Twitter is a source of verbal vomit. Examples include Donald Trump and Roseanne Barr. |
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"OG" wrote
| Why is there no way to open the last download folder after a firefox | restart !!! ? | You don't seem to have provided enough detail here. Latest Firefox ESR? Why not say the version. I'm using the latest Firefox ESR.... for v. 52. And what's the last download folder? If you go into Options you can choose to have FF ask where to put downloads. There's no reason to let FF decide to put them somewhere down in the depths of the user folder catacombs. As David said, you can also ask in the Mozilla newsgroup. Personally, I wouldn't recommend that. I was there for awhile but it's run by zealots who don't like anyone using a critical tone in reference to Mozilla products. If they don't like your question it just won't show up. Their toys, their rules. |
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OG,
Why is there no way to open the last download folder after a firefox restart !!! ? Tools - Downloads - rightclick the (last downloaded) file - click "open containing folder" Regards, Rudy Wieser |
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OG,
Another method: Open "about:Config" and put "browser.download.lastDir" in the searchbar Regards, Rudy Wieser |
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On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 19:43:41 -0700, OG wrote:
Why is there no way to open the last download folder after a firefox restart !!! ? It's Firefox bug. But not because the "Open Containing Folder" icon doesn't work. It's because Firefox doesn't remove that icon if the downloaded file is no longer present in the containing folder. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=726451 Quote:
"Open Containing Folder". So, it's the folder that needs to be opened. Not the file. The presence of the file is irrelevant. And apparently, that same icon also has problem in Linux too. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1467084 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1469052 And this one is over 6 years old without being either resolved, or rejected. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746780 |
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JJ,
It's Firefox bug. But not because the "Open Containing Folder" icon doesn't work. It's because Firefox doesn't remove that icon if the downloaded file is no longer present in the containing folder. Its really a bug ? (yes it is, if I may believe that report). I always thought it was on purpose: Why would I need to go to files download directory if its not there anymore ... The icon clearly says "Open Containing Folder". On my FF 52 ESR that entry is grayed out when the file isn't there anymore. Regards, Rudy Wieser |
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JJ wrote:
On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 19:43:41 -0700, OG wrote: Why is there no way to open the last download folder after a firefox restart !!! ? It's Firefox bug. But not because the "Open Containing Folder" icon doesn't work. It's because Firefox doesn't remove that icon if the downloaded file is no longer present in the containing folder. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=726451 Quote:
For performance reason my azz. They're just lazy. The icon clearly says "Open Containing Folder". So, it's the folder that needs to be opened. Not the file. The presence of the file is irrelevant. And apparently, that same icon also has problem in Linux too. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1467084 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1469052 And this one is over 6 years old without being either resolved, or rejected. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746780 At least some of that information is kept in one of the sqlite databases. There are multiple databases, and an overall schema defines the linkage between databases. You can use sqlite3.exe to dump a database. sqlite3.exe some.sqlite .dump some.txt If the output contains two lines of text, you likely need a later version. PRAGMA foreign_keys=OFF; BEGIN TRANSACTION; CREATE TABLE moz_places ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, url LONGVARCHAR, title LONGVARCHAR ... INSERT INTO "moz_places" VALUES(1,'https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/central/' ... INSERT INTO "moz_places" VALUES(2,'http://www.ubuntu.com/',NULL,'moc.utnubu.www.' ... COMMIT; One of those text outputs, has around 91000 lines in it. ******* This is a sample dump of "downloads.sqlite". For the version you're running right now, you'd repeat the exercise, and see how yours are stored. sqlite3.exe downloads.sqlite .dump downloads.txt INSERT INTO "moz_downloads" VALUES(139,'10-Band Graphic Equalizer.pdf', 'http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1118&context=eesp', 'file:///C:/Downloads/10-Band%20Graphic%20Equalizer.pdf','', 1477204721921875,1477204725968750,1,NULL,'', 1123399,1123399,'application/pdf', 'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox',0,0); You can see the folder it was put in, is remembered. As is the URL it was downloaded from. It's possible Firefox has to cross-reference the "139" value with one of the other databases, to get the URL of the web page where the download link is contained. Naming convention: http://sqlite.org/2018/sqlite-tools-...86-3230100.zip https://www.sqlite.org/2018/sqlite-t...86-3240000.zip That's a tool so you can figure out whether they actually do still harbor the necessary data. Paul |
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On 08/09/2018 10:08 PM, David E. Ross wrote:
On 8/9/2018 7:43 PM, OG wrote: Why is there no way to open the last download folder after a firefox restart !!! ? Have you tried asking at the mozilla.support.firefox newgroup? For that, you need to create a free account in SeaMonkey for the news.mozilla.org news server. I use this server (news.mozilla.org) frequently, and there's no account requirement there. Perhaps you were referring to setting up your newsreader. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "Money cannot buy happiness, but it lets you be unhappy in nice places." |
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On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 19:48:56 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote: OG, Another method: Open "about:Config" and put "browser.download.lastDir" in the searchbar On PCs that I haven't configured, I just click the big 'down arrow' icon to the right of the search box and go from there. -- Char Jackson |
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On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:20:53 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote: On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 19:48:56 +0200, "R.Wieser" wrote: OG, Another method: Open "about:Config" and put "browser.download.lastDir" in the searchbar On PCs that I haven't configured, I just click the big 'down arrow' icon to the right of the search box and go from there. Oops, never mind. I misunderstood the OP's question. -- Char Jackson |
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On 8/10/2018 1:15 PM, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 08/09/2018 10:08 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 8/9/2018 7:43 PM, OG wrote: Why is there no way to open the last download folder after a firefox restart !!! ? Have you tried asking at the mozilla.support.firefox newgroup? For that, you need to create a free account in SeaMonkey for the news.mozilla.org news server. I use this server (news.mozilla.org) frequently, and there's no account requirement there. Perhaps you were referring to setting up your newsreader. In my newsreader, each setup for a NNTP (network news transfer protocol) server is termed an "account". -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com Too often, Twitter is a source of verbal vomit. Examples include Donald Trump and Roseanne Barr. |
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David E. Ross wrote:
OG wrote: Why is there no way to open the last download folder after a firefox restart !!! ? Have you tried asking at the mozilla.support.firefox newgroup? That's if you can past their moderator (Chris Ilias) who has severely crippled that newsgroup with his prolonged absence (so pending articles will expire), doesn't check e-mail status of submissions via their NNTP-to-email gateway (yep, it's an mailing list first with an NNTP gateway added), and when pointed out that he wasn't following Mozilla's guidelines for moderators then managed to get that page removed. If my submissions show up, they are delayed by 14 hours, or more. That means discussions rather jerky. Some show up right away (I suspect those are submitted through the email server rathe rather than through the NNTP gateway or are on Chris' crony whitelist). If a subsmission (for its new content, like in a reply) is long, like over 100 words, Chris won't read it, so the submission expires or gets rejected. Chris has an odd sense of what constitutes "on topic": you can ask for help about Firefox but you cannot discuss Firefox (which he claims should go in the general newsgroup but that discusses EVERYTHING regarding Mozilla, not just Firefox). Even if you try to help someone by explaining how Firefox works or why it does what it does, that constitutes being off-topic to Chris. I can spend a lot of time in researching and composing a reply to help someone but it has only a 15% chance of showing up in the Firefox newsgroup. Respondents give up because they waste a lot of time trying to help someone but cannot get past Chris' bias and laziness. |
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In message , Mark Lloyd
writes: On 08/09/2018 10:08 PM, David E. Ross wrote: On 8/9/2018 7:43 PM, OG wrote: Why is there no way to open the last download folder after a firefox restart !!! ? Have you tried asking at the mozilla.support.firefox newgroup? For that, you need to create a free account in SeaMonkey for the news.mozilla.org news server. I use this server (news.mozilla.org) frequently, and there's no account requirement there. Perhaps you were referring to setting up your newsreader. There _is_ a requirement to register (or something) to use the _newsgroup_ mozilla.support.firefox on the mozilla _server_. That server does also carry unmoderated 'groups, such as mozilla.general . (You don't of course have to set up the account in SeaMonkey - you can do it in any news client software that is compatible with the server, which I think means any that will do NNTP.) The suggestion of asking in the Firefox support 'group is a good one. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. |
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In message , Paul
writes: JJ wrote: On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 19:43:41 -0700, OG wrote: Why is there no way to open the last download folder after a firefox restart !!! ? I don't understand the question. I can always open any folder that exists (apart from a few that the system doesn't want me to have access to, like System Volume Information) using Windows Explorer, so I presume that's _not_ what you mean. I have Firefox set to always ask me where to put downloads; however, I've noticed that it remembers several starting points (for when it's doing the asking) - I think it remembers one per source host. [] You can see the folder it was put in, is remembered. As is the URL it was downloaded from. That would explain what I've found. In other words, if I download another file from a host I've downloaded from before, it asks me where to put it, but starts at where I put it last time I downloaded from that host. [] Paul -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf The motto of the Royal Society is: 'Take nobody's word for it'. Scepticism has value. - Brian Cox, RT 2015/3/14-20 |
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