# Question about Firefox

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox/320285>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox/320285 "2005-09-06T02:21:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox/320285/1 "2005-09-06T02:21:54Z")

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FIrst off, I love Firefox. Best. Browser. Ever.

However, one thing I do not like about it, but I figure there must be a way to fix. When I click on a file to download, I have the option to save or open. If I want to save, it ALWAYS saves to the desktop. I know that in the options menu I can change the location, but is there a way to change it so that I can choose where I want to the file to go every time I DL something?

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox/320285/2 "2005-09-06T02:24:55Z")

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The easiest way I know is to open a new browser window, type “about:config” in the address bar, and hit enter. Change the value of the key “browser.download.defaultFolder” to whatevever folder you want as the default.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox/320285/3 "2005-09-06T02:25:24Z")

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Tools-\>Options-\>Downloads

Make sure ‘Ask me where to save every file’ is checked.

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**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox/320285/4 "2005-09-06T02:25:52Z")

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Tools-\>Options and then click on the download icon on the left.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox/320285/5 "2005-09-06T02:26:56Z")

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Oh, nevermind. That’s not what you’re asking. I don’t know if there is a way to do that.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox/320285/6 "2005-09-06T02:28:12Z")

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Well, there you have it. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-firefox/320285/7 "2005-09-06T12:23:21Z")

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Ahh, beautiful. Thanks.