On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 14:02 -0400, francis keyes wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm using Fedora 7 with firefox-2.0.0.10-2.fc7. > Whenever I try to download an mp3 the file opens in Firefox and starts > playing instead of asking me what I want to do with the file. i > thought this might be the mplayerplug-in at work but removing the > plugin with yum made no change. > > I tried Preferences--> Content--> File Types--> Manage but no file > types are listed and I can't add any. > > Does nyone know how to tell Firefox what to do with an mp3 file? > > Thanks Here is what you can do. I wish Mozilla would fix this. Go to about:config in firefox. Change the configuration Of: browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions from true to false by clicking on it. Then: Preferences--> Content--> File Types--> Manage will display which programs handle which file types. -- ======================================================================= I exist, therefore I am paid. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
