Closed Bug 216495 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

Run .exe files instead of saving them

Categories

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

()

VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 204838

People

(Reporter: emergingmoon, Assigned: bugzilla)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030728 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030728 Mozilla Firebird/0.6.1 Firebird should run executable files such as .exe or .com files when downloading. The "Open with" option is available, but this isn't too helpful when the download itself is the program. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Click on the link to download any .exe file from a website. Actual Results: A dialog appeared asking if I wanted to save the file or open it with another application. Expected Results: Firebird should have detected that the download was a full-fledged application and allowed me to open it. Firebird should have saved the file to a temporary cache and ran it as soon as the download was complete, like MSIE's "Run from current location" option.
Dup of bug 204838?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 204838 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
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