Re: Default file upload folder

Richard Newsum wrote:

> Neil wrote:
>
>> Richard Newsum wrote:
>>
>>> I am happy that FF 'remembers' where I like to put my downloaded 
>>> files (usually in my \download\ folder) so that I don't have to work 
>>> my way around the folder tree every time.
>>>
>>> I think it would be an improvement if I could also choose a default 
>>> folder from which I upload files to websites such as Facebook and 
>>> exercise logging sites. I find it quite irritating that the file 
>>> upload dialog always starts at the 'desktop' from which it takes 
>>> several clicks to reach the file to be uploaded.
>>>
>>> In short: I want to be able to choose the default folder for file 
>>> uploads.
>>
>> As far as I can tell, this is supposed to work already. See 
>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=524408
>
> According to that discussion, yes, it's suppposed to work already, and 
> even better than I described. But FF19.0.2 (on W7) isn't working that 
> way here!

Well, that is strange. Maybe you accidentally turned the feature off. 
Can you try it out in a new profile?
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-and-diagnose-firefox-problems#w_7-make-a-new-profile
(Or maybe one of the other solutions listed there will help you.)

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