Latest Firefox released for Windows

johnlgalt · Oct 24, 2023

I bit the bullet and installed the newest builds for Nightly and Stable lol.

Gregory · Oct 24, 2023

How i can make firefox let me download at root of c: at windows11?
I can copy or move files into "root c:" If i accept the question).

Bree · Oct 24, 2023

Gregory said:
How i can make firefox let me download at root of c: at windows11?

f14tomcat said:
If I understand your question correctly, just change this setting in Firefox.

That won't work. The root of the C:\ drive is protected, you need to use admin rights to put a file there. And you don't get prompted to use your admin rights when downloading in Firefox.

Whackbag · Oct 24, 2023

This isn't a FF thing, it's an OS thing.

Idk why you would want that but changing the owner of C:\ in (properties->security tab) from TrustedInstaller to Administrators (w/ full control) outta do it.

f14tomcat · Oct 24, 2023

Whackbag said:
This isn't a FF thing, it's an OS thing.

Idk why you would want that but changing the owner of C:\ in (properties->security tab) from TrustedInstaller to Administrators (w/ full control) outta do it.

dangerous. I'm sure others will have an opinion. Imo - dangerous

OAT · Oct 24, 2023

Whackbag said:
This isn't a FF thing, it's an OS thing.

Idk why you would want that but changing the owner of C:\ in (properties->security tab) from TrustedInstaller to Administrators (w/ full control) outta do it.

This is not the way to go at all and I strongly discourage doing it that way.
If you really want to save something on C: disable UAC. It should be done temporarily.

Ideally you should partition your drive and keep the OS alone on C: drive.
Create a new partition using whatever letter you like for your new drive and dump your downloads there.

Melchior · Oct 24, 2023

I have used a C:\Temp as a default download location for Firefox since the dawn of time...
works great... or set it to the download folder MS creates when you install the OS...

Whackbag · Oct 24, 2023

I didn't say it was a good idea, in fact i said "idk why u would want to"

But i'm here to help...not question why.

johnlgalt · Oct 24, 2023

Agreed with the last few comments.

Do not download to root of C:\ and Do not take ownership of C:\.

Bree · Oct 24, 2023

C:\ is restricted for good reason. If you can download to C:\ then so can malware!

Wisewiz · Oct 24, 2023

Melchior said:
I have used a C:\Temp as a default download location for Firefox since the dawn of time...
works great... or set it to the download folder MS creates when you install the OS...

I have a different approach: I try to keep C: for the OS only, as far as I can. My main disk is partitioned as C: and D:, and all my downloads go to D:\AATemp (the double A keeps it at the top of the listing in FExp), all of my apps and utilities are there on D:, and the caches for my two active browsers are there, too. Most of the writing and over-writing of data on this machine thus happens on D:, not on C:. I use a second internal disk for storage and backups, and externals for copies of images and important data.

Melchior · Oct 24, 2023

Wisewiz said:
I have a different approach: I try to keep C: for the OS only, as far as I can. My main disk is partitioned as C: and D:, and all my downloads go to D:\AATemp (the double A keeps it at the top of the listing in FExp), all of my apps and utilities are there on D:, and the caches for my two active browsers are there, too. Most of the writing and over-writing of data on this machine thus happens on D:, not on C:. I use a second internal disk for storage and backups, and externals for copies of images and important data.

I do too. I use a separate HDD to store all of my installer backups etc...
I just use C:\Temp as from the good old days of DOS and Windows early days...

johnlgalt · Oct 24, 2023

I split my install to move the entire \Users tree to a separate physical drive (Using @Kari's great tutorial during Windows install), and have all my portable programs, game installs, and VMs on a third physical drive. Makes for some good parallel data access lol.

I use the default Downloads folder in my User profile on the second physical drive.

Brink · Oct 25, 2023

New Firefox Beta version 120.0b2 released. See first post for more details.

Brink · Oct 27, 2023

New Firefox Beta version 120.0b3 released. See first post for more details.

Gregory · Oct 28, 2023

Bree said:
That won't work. The root of the C:\ drive is protected, you need to use admin rights to put a file there. And you don't get prompted to use your admin rights when downloading in Firefox.

View attachment 75202

I make firefox shortcut run always as admin.
Maybe it work for firefox. I will check it father.

Gregory · Oct 28, 2023

Whackbag said:
This isn't a FF thing, it's an OS thing.

Idk why you would want that but changing the owner of C:\ in (properties->security tab) from TrustedInstaller to Administrators (w/ full control) outta do it.

How i can make oparating sysyem LET ME put files at the rood of c:.
As i see if i try to copy a file from other hdd to root c: win11 let me do it.
But how i can make system let all programs do that?

Brink · Oct 30, 2023

New Firefox Beta version 120.0b4 released. See first post for more details.

IanMosley · Oct 30, 2023

Gregory said:
How i can make oparating sysyem LET ME put files at the rood of c:.

I do this everytime whenever there is a new build of Windows 11 / Office 2021,

The highlighted files are just copied from a source folder and pasted into (C:) Windows 11 Pro.

When you install Frefox, you can specify which partition / folder to install it to.

DzigiBau · Oct 30, 2023

After recent update to 119.0 my pop up menus became white although my other menus, like File, Edit, View and other remains dark. For example, click on upper right hamburger menu or fill some credentials when save password menu pops up, it is white although it was dark in previous versions. Is ti something done by purpose or it can be setup somehow?

It is not a big deal, just something I use to have here and want to keep it that way.