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I accidentally told Firefox to always open a winzip file with excel. How can I change it to the right program?

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imseansmom
imseansmom
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When downloading a data file when asked what to open the file with I told it excel. I had forgotten that while the enclosed files were excel, the active file was a winzip file.

When downloading a data file when asked what to open the file with I told it excel. I had forgotten that while the enclosed files were excel, the active file was a winzip file.

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Hi imseansmom,

Try going to Tools > Options > Applications. There you can specify what you want to do with each file type.

You can find detailed information in the Applications panel - Set how Firefox handles different types of files Knowledge Base article.

Hopefully this helps!

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Matt_G
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Hi imseansmom,

Try going to Tools > Options > Applications. There you can specify what you want to do with each file type.

You can find detailed information in the Applications panel - Set how Firefox handles different types of files Knowledge Base article.

Hopefully this helps!

Vivek
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Also, if the problem persists you can try deleting the mimetypes.rdf file in the Firefox Profile Folder after exiting Firefox.

Firefox Profile Files

Modified by Vivek

imseansmom
imseansmom Question owner
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The Options thing worked great! Thank you so much for your help!