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Why 'remember last download folder' feature in firefox 22 didn't work

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I use firefox 22 for download csv from a flash-based website. When i click the export button it always prompt me a 'select download folder' dialogue. If i download the file continuously, it will use recently used folder. but after i close the firefox then download again, it's always start in 'recently used places' directory list. any suggestion about this?

I use firefox 22 for download csv from a flash-based website. When i click the export button it always prompt me a 'select download folder' dialogue. If i download the file continuously, it will use recently used folder. but after i close the firefox then download again, it's always start in 'recently used places' directory list. any suggestion about this?

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hello, make sure that you haven't set up firefox to clear the history (& website preferences in particular) when you close firefox and that no external clean-up or tuning tool is interfering...

Settings for privacy, browsing history and do-not-track

i checked the 'clear history when firefox closes' options, and it was unchecked. But still no luck. I'm afraid it's caused by the flash-based website that force firefox to select download folder location. Is it possible?

it's always show the list of folder in "Recently Used" places. By the way i use Ubuntu 12.04. Firefox version 22.

unfortunately i don't know enough about how flash-based downloads are handled - on normal sites firefox will save the last used download folder on a per-domain basis. can you check if this is still working as intended after a restart with other non-flash based sites...?