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Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files - Discussion
Hello everyone,
Thanks so much for all the feedback provided regarding Open/SaveAs. We are now introducing an option for users using Edge version 87.0.629.0 and above to choose, for each download, whether they want to Open, Save As, Save, or Cancel a download. To enable this option, navigate to edge://settings/downloads and enable, "Ask me what to do with each download." Once you download a file after enabling that setting, you will have the option to Open, Save As, Save, or Cancel it. If you choose to open it directly, it will be downloaded to a temporary folder.
Additionally, we have exposed an option to directly delete downloaded files from your computer, in the browser so that you can easily clean up after downloading your files without leaving the browser.
To learn more about these features, please check out our post.
slazaris wrote: "Please just add the options Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox have from the beginning and for so many years. All serious users want to quickly view files without cluttering their downloads folders."
Yes for IE and reasoning (avoid cluttering download with files we don't want to save), but I don't believe Firefox fully offers the requested feature here. There is no Run option in Firefox that I've ever seen. Only IE and Legacy Edge supported this important feature.
GraniteStateColin wrote:slazaris wrote: "Please just add the options Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox have from the beginning and for so many years. All serious users want to quickly view files without cluttering their downloads folders."
Yes for IE and reasoning (avoid cluttering download with files we don't want to save), but I don't believe Firefox fully offers the requested feature here. There is no Run option in Firefox that I've ever seen. Only IE and Legacy Edge supported this important feature.
I use Firefox as my main browser,
when I download something, the downloads icon appears on the toolbar and clicking on the file runs it.
before download however it gives me these options
- if I choose open, it saves it in a temporary directory (Temp folder) and opens it right away after download.
- the file will be still visible on the download button on Firefox toolbar, even after opening it, so I can reopen it/Run it again for some time.
- the file won't go to the downloads folder and gets deleted after some times, If i choose to only view/open/run it.
- If i choose download, it goes to the main Downloads folder in OS.
- Download button is smart, it doesn't always stay on toolbar to occupy unneeded space, only appears when something is actually download.
so Firefox download logic is superior to chrome and Edge