Change firefox youtube downloader default download location

#CHANGE FIREFOX YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER DEFAULT DOWNLOAD LOCATION WINDOWS#

This is only shown for content types that include the Open in Firefox option (PDF, AVIF, XML, SVG, and WebP Image files) and is available when your system has another application set to open that type of file by default.

#CHANGE FIREFOX YOUTUBE DOWNLOADER DEFAULT DOWNLOAD LOCATION WINDOWS#

Use Windows macOS system default application: This will open the file with the default application configured in your operating system.

To learn more, see Where to find and manage downloaded files in Firefox.

Save File: This will always save the file to your computer, when you download that type of file.

This can be useful if Firefox is automatically saving that type of file or is always opening it with a certain application, and you want to be asked what to do.

Always ask: This will show you a prompt asking What should Firefox do with this file? ( see below) so that you can choose the action you want to take.

It only applies to a limited number of content types that Firefox is able to decode (PDF, AVIF, XML, SVG, and WebP Image).

Open in Firefox: Select this if you want Firefox to display the content.

The Action column will give you a drop-down menu, with options on the action to take.

(You might see more than one entry for the same file format or extension because some types of files include multiple content types.)

Select the Content Type entry for action you want to change.

In the General panel, go to the Applications section.

Click the menu button and select Settings. Click the menu button and select Options Preferences. In the Menu bar at the top of the screen, click Firefox and select Preferences. This will not affect media embedded in a web page РІР‚вЂњ only links to the files themselves. You can change what action Firefox takes for defined content types. Firefox only uses Applications settings to determine what action is taken when a file is treated as a download ( see below). Instead, the file will open and play in Firefox, with a control bar displayed to manage playback (see this article for details). The file will not be downloaded and the Downloads panel will not open. You will not be asked what to do with the file (unless the file is assigned 'Content-Disposition: attachment' by the web server).

Note: Firefox treats links to some types of media files, such as. When you tell Firefox to open or save a file and also check the option 'Do this automatically for files like this from now on' in the 'What should Firefox do with this file?' prompt, If Firefox does not have a download action set for a file that can be opened with an installed application and you select Always Open Similar Files in the Downloads panel right-click context menu for the file, ( see below) a new Content Type and Action entry will be added to the General panel Applications section of Firefox settings. (If you use an add-on and need help with it, you should visit the add-on site or contact the add-on developer for support.) You can contact the website in such cases, or you can try a Firefox add-on such as Content-Type Fixer to work around the problem.

To learn more, see Properly configuring server MIME types and Common MIME types at MDN web docs. For example, Firefox may display the content as plain text instead of opening the file in an application. The the Media type, also called the MIME type or Content type, as configured by the web server, will determine what action Firefox will take.Р”Р‡irefox will not be able to properly handle a file if a misconfigured web server sends it with an incorrect content type. When you click on a link to download a file, you may see a dialog asking whether you want to save the file or open it with a specific application, if there is no download action already set for that file type. 4 Resetting download actions for all content types.3.2 'What should Firefox do with this file?' prompt does not show an application.3.1 'What should Firefox do with this file?' prompt.

Change firefox youtube downloader default download location