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Firefox starts a week old download on startup

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Every time I open firefox it does the animation as if I started downloading a file, and then attempts to "resume" a download I completed about a week ago. It immediately fails and then acts normal, but if I close firefox and reopen it, the download attempts to resume again

Every time I open firefox it does the animation as if I started downloading a file, and then attempts to "resume" a download I completed about a week ago. It immediately fails and then acts normal, but if I close firefox and reopen it, the download attempts to resume again

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  1. Click the Downloads button on the toolbar.
  2. Right-click the failed download and choose "Remove From history".