I sometimes close Firefox while I have downloads in progress that do not support resuming. Then when I open Firefox again I have to go to the original download location and start from scratch. It would be useful if there was a way to get a warning from Firefox before I close the application when downloads are in progress. Anyone know of a way to configure it to do this?
4 Answers
Try to set the value of browser.download.manager.quitBehavior
at Firefox about:config
. It can be set to these values. To get a warining you should set it to 2.
Source: support.mozilla.com
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Comment by @Precaq: Just for the record and non-english folks - it's not "Bahvior" but "Behavior" so the value should be browser.download.manager.quitBehavior... Jan 10, 2011 at 18:31
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I'm using DownThemAll! addon and even if I close Firefox, the download window remains open as a separate window. This prevents me from stopping my unresumable downloads accidentally.
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I've been using it for a long time and I'm quite satisfied. It has nice features. Trust me, you won't regret ;) Sep 28, 2010 at 18:00
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This doesn't answer the question. Does it??? It just talking abt the addon which don't fix the question/problem. Feb 16, 2013 at 20:06
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@Millisami: Using this addon fixes the problem. Even if you close Firefox, the DTA download window remains open as a separate window. Got it? Feb 17, 2013 at 14:36
You may also want to consider to set browser.warnOnQuit
and browser.showQuitWarning
in Firefox's about:config
to true
to get a warning when closing the browser, not only when a download is in progress. This might save you some headaches when you accidentially try to close Firefox and were typing text into some input boxes for example. See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.warnOnQuit.
Actually, browser.download.manager.quitBehavior
doesn't exist anymore; it has been removed in recent FF versions.
One (slightly clunky) workaround is to go to Downloads
-> Show all downloads
when you're downloading something big you may forget about. It will show a new download window, independent from FF. But you have to remember beforehand.
The missing preference is just screaming for a bug report, though.