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Geek Culture / Firefox "Open EXE files"

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JoelJ
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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 09:59
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When you are downloading an EXE with FF it wont allow you to choose 'RUN' with it, just save to disk...is there a way to disable that?

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Darkbasic MADPSP
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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 10:47 Edited at: 12th Aug 2005 10:49
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no don't think so

you have to open them after downloading

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David T
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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 11:43
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Get IE


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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 16:09
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running a local copy is safer, after all, you ARE going to check it with your AV before running it, aren`t you?

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Raven
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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 16:15
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What are you talking about, you get a choice to Save the File or Open it With... (choose program) and you can also tick if you want this action to happen everytime.

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Dave J
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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 16:24
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Quote: "running a local copy is safer, after all, you ARE going to check it with your AV before running it, aren`t you?"


No point if you can trust the source, and I'm very trustworthy. I'd hate to have to save everything I download (especially zips), my desktop's a mess as it is.


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Zero Blitzt
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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 17:17
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Just save it, open in the Download manager, delete it when you're done.


Who are the brain police?
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Jeku
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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 18:45
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Quote: "What are you talking about, you get a choice to Save the File or Open it With... (choose program) and you can also tick if you want this action to happen everytime."


Not with EXEs unfortunately. I agree that this sucks--- some things, such as the Windows Genuine Advantage program, are only needed once.

That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Firefox extension you could download that lets you open EXEs.


My "everyone else has one so why can't I?" blog: http://www.jeku.com/blog/
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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 18:51
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is it so much of a hassle to delete the file after you've used it? or put it in a special folder, not on the desktop?

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the_winch
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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 19:02
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Quote: "Not with EXEs unfortunately. I agree that this sucks"


It sucks until some bad site directs you to an exe and the browser downloads and runs it automatically. If you have already downloaded something the download manager window could be behind your browser window and you won't notice until it's too late.
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Jeku
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Posted: 12th Aug 2005 22:57
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Quote: "It sucks until some bad site directs you to an exe and the browser downloads and runs it automatically. If you have already downloaded something the download manager window could be behind your browser window and you won't notice until it's too late."


Downloading and running an EXE automatically is WAY different than giving you a choice to open an EXE after downloading. That has never happened to me with IE, which gives the open of running after downloading.


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JoelJ
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Posted: 17th Aug 2005 04:52
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WEE forgot about this post...
Quote: " Just save it, open in the Download manager, delete it when you're done."

Thanks i never thought about doing that!




seriously, you don't think i've been doing that already? the problem here is I DONT WANT TO.

Quote: " running a local copy is safer, after all, you ARE going to check it with your AV before running it, aren`t you?"

Never have, never will. I'm not one of those people who has spasms and clicks any download that is popped up at me, i mostly download only specific things.

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