Re: Where are Downloaded files saved??

[Lee]

On 8/19/18, Daniel  wrote:
> mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote on 19/08/2018 1:38 AM:
>>
>> Try downloading from the archive instead:
>> 
>
> Clicking on this link brought up a blank tab screen in the browser, then
> the small, download screen with the buttons to "Save file" or "Cancel".
>
> Clicking on "Save File" failed to bring up the second screen to select
> where to save the file, but my Internet connection screen showed
> activity, at upto 3,000 Kbits/sec for about a minute.
>
> Still no saved file!! ;-(

Have you tried it with a new profile yet?

Lee
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Re: Possible to have e-mail links open in default browser?

[David]

Mason83 wrote:

On 19/08/2018 19:18, David wrote:


While I realize that Seamonkey may view itself as a one-in-all package,
I personally would only like to use the e-mail client, since I prefer
current Firefox for browsing.
But of course copying/pasting links is kind of annoying.
Is it possible to change how links are opened somewhere? Didn't find
anything in the options myself...


I'm curious why you don't use Thunderbird?

Regards.



Bad past experiences (corrupted e-mail db) but that was many years ago 
and I was under the wrong impression that when I installed both 
yesterday, Thunderbird downloaded all of my emails while Seamonkey 
didn't. But looking at the size of INBOX on my hard drive right now, I 
guess Seamonkey merely hides the progress bar... ;)


So yeah, maybe I should give Thunderbird another shot, especially since 
I leave all mails on the server these days anyway.

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Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

[Lee]

On 8/19/18, Daniel  wrote:
> Paul Bergsagel wrote on 19/08/2018 12:18 PM:
>> Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> My bookmarks have grown like Topsy
>>> I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess.
>>> I have two primary goals:
>>>   1. find and purge duplicates.
>>>   2. move folders around to create a more reasonable structure.
>>>
>>> After trying several approaches and looking for useful tools I found
>>> jq [https://stedolan.github.io/jq/]. One related page I found is titled
>>> "jq is sed for JSON".
>>>
>>> An outline of a possible procedure might be:
>>>  1. Export SeaMonkey bookmarks in JSON format.
>>>  2. use jq to pretty print the JSON. It does so nicely.
>>>  3. Find duplicate targets and delete all but one.
>>>  4. Each leaf of the bookmark tree is an object.
>>> Move these objects around to create a more friendly tree.
>>>  5. Import the clean organized bookmarks.
>>>
>>> Has anyone done this?
>>> Is there a friendly in depth jq tutorial? The ones I've found tend to be
>>> on the "Hello world" level. There is just enough to tantalize.
>>>
>>> Links of interest include:
>>> https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/v1.5/
>>> http://stedolan.github.io/jq/tutorial/
>>> https://robots.thoughtbot.com/jq-is-sed-for-json
>>>
>> I have a limited understanding of programming and do not consider myself
>> a programmer at all. Here is my question: "Would it be possible to
>> create a plug in that would sort and locate duplicate bookmarks from
>> within SeaMonkey rather than having to export the bookmarks and use an
>> outside program?  Isn't there a way to automate advanced bookmark
>> management using a plug in?"

Most probably someone could write an addon to do that.  But aside from
needing someone to actually write it, Firefox is real close to
dropping support for ESR 52.x - which means all the old addons will no
longer work in any supported version of FF.

Since SM is based on FF ESR & I haven't seen anything about SM adding
support for the new FF webextensions yet, any addon written for SM
will probably work only until the next (next +1?) release.  So not
worth the effort (also see https://xkcd.com/1319/)


If you haven't seen this yet it's worth reading:
 
http://www.downthemall.net/re-downthemall-and-webextensions-or-why-why-i-am-done-with-mozilla/

DTA was one of the most popular addons; I'm guessing that after much
begging the developer agreed to try and update his code to use the new
FF webextensions crapfest[1].  But check the home page:
News
(Lack of) Progress   December 21, 2017

DTA hasn't been converted to a web extension yet :(  And the addon
that does sortof work has issues:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/download-star/
  Note: The downloads API in web extensions is lacking in many
features. Currently, you can only place downloads inside of Firefox's
default downloads folder. Files served using Content-Disposition
header to provide a filename cannot be handled properly. Skip existing
files is based on remembering downloaded URLs, since there is no API
to test for existence of a file.

> I am fairly certain that there used to be an external program that would
> check a FireFox Bookmarks file looking for duplicates.

It's easy enough to write one:

$ cat ~/bin/findDupBookmarks.sh
#!/bin/sh
# input: FF/SM 'Export Bookmarks to HTML' file

BMF="$1"
# bookmark file name, should at least make sure it exists

grep '[^>]*>//'  |\
 sort | uniq -d

> But I think that was back in the days when Bookmarks were in a separate
> file (was it Bookmarks.html) rather than being part of the bigger,
> better, file that it now is.

open the bookmarks manager and select Tools / Export HTML

Regards,
Lee


[1] - yes, it is harsh.  But you don't remove the old system until the
replacement system is at least close to feature-parity w/ the old
without upsetting your users.
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Re: Possible to have e-mail links open in default browser?

[Mason83]

On 19/08/2018 19:18, David wrote:

> While I realize that Seamonkey may view itself as a one-in-all package, 
> I personally would only like to use the e-mail client, since I prefer 
> current Firefox for browsing.
> But of course copying/pasting links is kind of annoying.
> Is it possible to change how links are opened somewhere? Didn't find 
> anything in the options myself...

I'm curious why you don't use Thunderbird?

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Possible to have e-mail links open in default browser?

[David]

While I realize that Seamonkey may view itself as a one-in-all package, 
I personally would only like to use the e-mail client, since I prefer 
current Firefox for browsing.

But of course copying/pasting links is kind of annoying.
Is it possible to change how links are opened somewhere? Didn't find 
anything in the options myself...

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Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

[Richard Owlett]

On 08/18/2018 09:18 PM, Paul Bergsagel wrote:

Richard Owlett wrote:

My bookmarks have grown like Topsy
I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess.
I have two primary goals:
  1. find and purge duplicates.
  2. move folders around to create a more reasonable structure.

After trying several approaches and looking for useful tools I found
jq [https://stedolan.github.io/jq/]. One related page I found is titled
"jq is sed for JSON".

An outline of a possible procedure might be:
 1. Export SeaMonkey bookmarks in JSON format.
 2. use jq to pretty print the JSON. It does so nicely.
 3. Find duplicate targets and delete all but one.
 4. Each leaf of the bookmark tree is an object.
    Move these objects around to create a more friendly tree.
 5. Import the clean organized bookmarks.

Has anyone done this?
Is there a friendly in depth jq tutorial? The ones I've found tend to be
on the "Hello world" level. There is just enough to tantalize.

Links of interest include:
https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/v1.5/
http://stedolan.github.io/jq/tutorial/
https://robots.thoughtbot.com/jq-is-sed-for-json


I have a limited understanding of programming and do not consider myself 
a programmer at all. Here is my question: "Would it be possible to 
create a plug in that would sort and locate duplicate bookmarks from 
within SeaMonkey rather than having to export the bookmarks and use an 
outside program?  Isn't there a way to automate advanced bookmark 
management using a plug in?"




I have philosophical and practical reasons.
Philosophically, I haven't used plugins since first using Netscape.
As to practical reasons:
  1. I don't know enough about SeaMonkey internals.
  2. I doubt I have the programming skills.
  3. This way has a better fit for some nominally unrelated projects.



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Re: Where are Downloaded files saved??

[GerardJan]

Daniel wrote:

WaltS48 wrote on 19/08/2018 1:21 AM:

On 8/18/18 5:43 AM, Daniel wrote:

Paul B. Gallagher wrote on 18/08/2018 5:30 AM:

Ray_Net wrote:

This is my idea also  replacing double-backslash by single-backslash 
could destroy the pref.js file ...


This is what I have in my pref.js file:
user_pref("browser.download.dir", 
"C:\\ADDON\\ADDED\\Mozilla-Suite\\SeaMonkey\\2.0.2");

user_pref("browser.download.lastDir", "C:\\ALLDATA\\RandoEvasion\\INSCRITS");


If you don't trust it, don't do a global search and replace. Try it with the 
one pref you're interested in and see what happens. If that fixes the 
problem, you can go back and apply the fix throughout the file.


To Mark's question: the backslashes are single in about:config.

 From what we've seen so far, the download failed for some reason, that's 
why the OP can't find the file (it's not there). My chief suspect at this 
point is the double backslashes -- if SM tries to save the file to a 
nonexistent directory or an invalid path, it will fail. But then it should 
throw an error to alert the user, even if the setting is "don't ask."


I have no expertise in Linux; my remarks refer only to the Windows 
installation.


As suggested by others, I looked in about:config and, sure enough, while 
looking in prefs.js,I got double slashes, when I looked in about:config, I 
got ...


browser.download.lastDir;    user set    String C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads

Single slashes ... just doesn't work for downloading SeaMonkey from the 
SeaMonkey-Project download page. Other downloads, things work fine!!



Tried a new profile? Not shared. ;-)


No, Walt. Not yet!! ;-(



;-( does not work :-( does


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Re: Where are Downloaded files saved??

[GerardJan]

Daniel wrote:

Lee wrote on 19/08/2018 1:07 AM:

On 8/18/18, Daniel  wrote:

Paul B. Gallagher wrote on 18/08/2018 5:30 AM:

Ray_Net wrote:

This is my idea also  replacing double-backslash by single-backslash 
could destroy the pref.js file ...


This is what I have in my pref.js file: user_pref("browser.download.dir", 
"C:\\ADDON\\ADDED\\Mozilla-Suite\\SeaMonkey\\2.0.2"); 
user_pref("browser.download.lastDir", "C:\\ALLDATA\\RandoEvasion\\INSCRITS");


If you don't trust it, don't do a global search and replace. Try
it with the one pref you're interested in and see what happens.
If that fixes the problem, you can go back and apply the fix
throughout the file.

To Mark's question: the backslashes are single in about:config.

From what we've seen so far, the download failed for some
reason, that's why the OP can't find the file (it's not there).
My chief suspect at this point is the double backslashes -- if SM
tries to save the file to a nonexistent directory or an invalid
path, it will fail. But then it should throw an error to alert
the user, even if the setting is "don't ask."

I have no expertise in Linux; my remarks refer only to the
Windows installation.


As suggested by others, I looked in about:config and, sure enough,
while looking in prefs.js,I got double slashes, when I looked in
about:config, I got ...

browser.download.lastDir;    user set    String
C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads

Single slashes ... just doesn't work for downloading SeaMonkey from
the SeaMonkey-Project download page. Other downloads, things work
fine!!


Can you tell if your anti-virus is blocking it? I uploaded "SeaMonkey
Setup 2.49.4.exe" to virustotal & got two hits: 
https://virustotalcloud.appspot.com/#/file/9a7822a019eb89c71a912c5ca5a08ce9dea9fc536a12c9ae861f528e5a6409c2/detection 



 Regards, Lee


looks like my blue jeans, they are LEE !!



Good thought, Lee, but nothing showing in my updated AVG Anti-virus Free 
Quarantine listing since October last year. :-(





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Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

[GerardJan]

Paul Bergsagel wrote:

Richard Owlett wrote:

My bookmarks have grown like Topsy
I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess.
I have two primary goals:
  1. find and purge duplicates.
  2. move folders around to create a more reasonable structure.

After trying several approaches and looking for useful tools I found
jq [https://stedolan.github.io/jq/]. One related page I found is titled
"jq is sed for JSON".

An outline of a possible procedure might be:
 1. Export SeaMonkey bookmarks in JSON format.
 2. use jq to pretty print the JSON. It does so nicely.
 3. Find duplicate targets and delete all but one.
 4. Each leaf of the bookmark tree is an object.
    Move these objects around to create a more friendly tree.
 5. Import the clean organized bookmarks.

Has anyone done this?


+1


Is there a friendly in depth jq tutorial? The ones I've found tend to be
on the "Hello world" level. There is just enough to tantalize.

Links of interest include:
https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/v1.5/
http://stedolan.github.io/jq/tutorial/
https://robots.thoughtbot.com/jq-is-sed-for-json





I have a limited understanding of programming and do not consider myself a 
programmer at all. Here is my question: "Would it be possible to create a plug 
in that would sort and locate duplicate bookmarks from within SeaMonkey rather 
than having to export the bookmarks and use an outside program?  Isn't there a 
way to automate advanced bookmark management using a plug in?"





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Re: Using jq to clean/organize bookmarks? (plug in)

[Daniel]

Paul Bergsagel wrote on 19/08/2018 12:18 PM:

Richard Owlett wrote:

My bookmarks have grown like Topsy
I have many duplicates and the tree structure is a mess.
I have two primary goals:
  1. find and purge duplicates.
  2. move folders around to create a more reasonable structure.

After trying several approaches and looking for useful tools I found
jq [https://stedolan.github.io/jq/]. One related page I found is titled
"jq is sed for JSON".

An outline of a possible procedure might be:
 1. Export SeaMonkey bookmarks in JSON format.
 2. use jq to pretty print the JSON. It does so nicely.
 3. Find duplicate targets and delete all but one.
 4. Each leaf of the bookmark tree is an object.
    Move these objects around to create a more friendly tree.
 5. Import the clean organized bookmarks.

Has anyone done this?
Is there a friendly in depth jq tutorial? The ones I've found tend to be
on the "Hello world" level. There is just enough to tantalize.

Links of interest include:
https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/v1.5/
http://stedolan.github.io/jq/tutorial/
https://robots.thoughtbot.com/jq-is-sed-for-json

I have a limited understanding of programming and do not consider myself 
a programmer at all. Here is my question: "Would it be possible to 
create a plug in that would sort and locate duplicate bookmarks from 
within SeaMonkey rather than having to export the bookmarks and use an 
outside program?  Isn't there a way to automate advanced bookmark 
management using a plug in?"


I am fairly certain that there used to be an external program that would 
check a FireFox Bookmarks file looking for duplicates. And you could use 
it to sort out SeaMonkey (or was it Mozilla Suite) bookmarks as well.


But I think that was back in the days when Bookmarks were in a separate 
file (was it Bookmarks.html) rather than being part of the bigger, 
better, file that it now is.


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User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 
SeaMonkey/2.49.1 Build identifier: 20171016030418


User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 
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Re: Where are Downloaded files saved??

[Ray_Net]

Daniel wrote on 19-08-18 08:56:

mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote on 19/08/2018 1:38 AM:

Daniel wrote:

Paul B. Gallagher wrote on 18/08/2018 5:30 AM:

Ray_Net wrote:

This is my idea also  replacing double-backslash by 
single-backslash could destroy the pref.js file ...


This is what I have in my pref.js file:
user_pref("browser.download.dir", 
"C:\\ADDON\\ADDED\\Mozilla-Suite\\SeaMonkey\\2.0.2");
user_pref("browser.download.lastDir", 
"C:\\ALLDATA\\RandoEvasion\\INSCRITS");


If you don't trust it, don't do a global search and replace. Try it 
with the one pref you're interested in and see what happens. If 
that fixes the problem, you can go back and apply the fix 
throughout the file.


To Mark's question: the backslashes are single in about:config.

 From what we've seen so far, the download failed for some reason, 
that's why the OP can't find the file (it's not there). My chief 
suspect at this point is the double backslashes -- if SM tries to 
save the file to a nonexistent directory or an invalid path, it 
will fail. But then it should throw an error to alert the user, 
even if the setting is "don't ask."


I have no expertise in Linux; my remarks refer only to the Windows 
installation.


As suggested by others, I looked in about:config and, sure enough, 
while looking in prefs.js,I got double slashes, when I looked in 
about:config, I got ...


browser.download.lastDir;    user set    String 
C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads


Single slashes ... just doesn't work for downloading SeaMonkey from 
the SeaMonkey-Project download page. Other downloads, things work 
fine!!


It does seem rather odd.

Using SeaMonkey 2.49.4 on Linux, I just went to 
 and clicked the download link 
for SeaMonkey 2.49.4 "Windows, English (35 MB)" in the top right 
corner. I was prompted whether to open or save the file and, having 
selected "Save", where to save it to (depending on preferences, you 
might not be prompted). The  file 
downloads fine, so there doesn't seem to be any problem with the 
server (the file is actually around 41MB, but that's probably just an 
error in the text on the page; the checksum matches the en-US version).


Have you checked for site-specific download locations in Data 
Manager? Tools > Data Manager. Select domain "mozilla.net" and then 
on the "Preferences" tab remove any "browser.download.lastDir" entry. 
Do the same for domain "mozilla.org". If the directory doesn't exist 
or isn't accessible, I think it usually switches to the default 
download directory, but I'm not entirely certain of that if you have 
it set not to ask. Although you're clicking the link from 
seamonkey-project.org, the download is actually from 
download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net - hence checking the mozilla.net 
domain. Repeating for mozilla.org is just in case it helps, since 
that's where the archive downloads are hosted.


A couple of other thoughts... Is it possible that your anti-virus 
software is blocking the download, aborting it part way through, or 
moving the file to quarantine after the download completes? I'd still 
expect something to appear in SeaMonkey's Download Manager though, 
even if the file wasn't completely downloaded, but I guess something 
could be blocking the connection to 
download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net before the download even starts.


Try downloading from the archive instead:
 
(for the Windows US English version).


Clicking on this link brought up a blank tab screen in the browser, 
then the small, download screen with the buttons to "Save file" or 
"Cancel".


Clicking on "Save File" failed to bring up the second screen to select 
where to save the file, but my Internet connection screen showed 
activity, at upto 3,000 Kbits/sec for about a minute.



I don't believe that you have this option set:
- when saving a file: ALWAYS ask me where to save files.

Anyway .. perhaps one of your huge number of plugins/extensions is 
causing your problem :-)



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Re: Where are Downloaded files saved??

[Ray_Net]

Daniel wrote on 19-08-18 08:44:

mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote on 19/08/2018 2:34 AM:

Ray_Net wrote:

Daniel wrote on 18-08-18 11:43:
... just doesn't work for downloading SeaMonkey from the 
SeaMonkey-Project download page. Other downloads, things work

fine!!

When I click on the "Download Now" Seamonkey 2.49.4 * Windows,
English (35MB) I got a screen with this info: You have chosen to
open: * SeaMonkey Setup 2.49.4.exe which is: JPEG image (39.2MB)


JPEG image? That is odd! I get "DOS/Windows executable (39.2 MB)", 
downloading from SeaMonkey 2.49.4 on Linux.


Good pick, but mine shows as an ".exe" file! ;-(


MY ONE ALSO ...I wrote:

You have chosen to open:
* SeaMonkey Setup 2.49.4.exe
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Re: Where are Downloaded files saved??

[Daniel]

mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote on 19/08/2018 1:38 AM:

Daniel wrote:

Paul B. Gallagher wrote on 18/08/2018 5:30 AM:

Ray_Net wrote:

This is my idea also  replacing double-backslash by 
single-backslash could destroy the pref.js file ...


This is what I have in my pref.js file:
user_pref("browser.download.dir", 
"C:\\ADDON\\ADDED\\Mozilla-Suite\\SeaMonkey\\2.0.2");
user_pref("browser.download.lastDir", 
"C:\\ALLDATA\\RandoEvasion\\INSCRITS");


If you don't trust it, don't do a global search and replace. Try it 
with the one pref you're interested in and see what happens. If that 
fixes the problem, you can go back and apply the fix throughout the 
file.


To Mark's question: the backslashes are single in about:config.

 From what we've seen so far, the download failed for some reason, 
that's why the OP can't find the file (it's not there). My chief 
suspect at this point is the double backslashes -- if SM tries to 
save the file to a nonexistent directory or an invalid path, it will 
fail. But then it should throw an error to alert the user, even if 
the setting is "don't ask."


I have no expertise in Linux; my remarks refer only to the Windows 
installation.


As suggested by others, I looked in about:config and, sure enough, 
while looking in prefs.js,I got double slashes, when I looked in 
about:config, I got ...


browser.download.lastDir;    user set    String C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads

Single slashes ... just doesn't work for downloading SeaMonkey from 
the SeaMonkey-Project download page. Other downloads, things work fine!!


It does seem rather odd.

Using SeaMonkey 2.49.4 on Linux, I just went to 
 and clicked the download link for 
SeaMonkey 2.49.4 "Windows, English (35 MB)" in the top right corner. I 
was prompted whether to open or save the file and, having selected 
"Save", where to save it to (depending on preferences, you might not be 
prompted). The  file downloads fine, so 
there doesn't seem to be any problem with the server (the file is 
actually around 41MB, but that's probably just an error in the text on 
the page; the checksum matches the en-US version).


Have you checked for site-specific download locations in Data Manager? 
Tools > Data Manager. Select domain "mozilla.net" and then on the 
"Preferences" tab remove any "browser.download.lastDir" entry. Do the 
same for domain "mozilla.org". If the directory doesn't exist or isn't 
accessible, I think it usually switches to the default download 
directory, but I'm not entirely certain of that if you have it set not 
to ask. Although you're clicking the link from seamonkey-project.org, 
the download is actually from download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net - hence 
checking the mozilla.net domain. Repeating for mozilla.org is just in 
case it helps, since that's where the archive downloads are hosted.


A couple of other thoughts... Is it possible that your anti-virus 
software is blocking the download, aborting it part way through, or 
moving the file to quarantine after the download completes? I'd still 
expect something to appear in SeaMonkey's Download Manager though, even 
if the file wasn't completely downloaded, but I guess something could be 
blocking the connection to download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net before the 
download even starts.


Try downloading from the archive instead:
 
(for the Windows US English version).


Clicking on this link brought up a blank tab screen in the browser, then 
the small, download screen with the buttons to "Save file" or "Cancel".


Clicking on "Save File" failed to bring up the second screen to select 
where to save the file, but my Internet connection screen showed 
activity, at upto 3,000 Kbits/sec for about a minute.


Still no saved file!! ;-(

Do the Linux or MacOS download links from 
 work for you? I know they're not 
likely to be much use to you, but it might help indicate whether the 
problem is with that specific file, or everything from 
download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net.


My linux installation doesn't want to find a connection lately, so I 
haven't tried downloading the Windows file that way, yet!!


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SeaMonkey/2.49.1 Build identifier: 20171016030418


User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 
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Re: Where are Downloaded files saved??

[Daniel]

WaltS48 wrote on 19/08/2018 1:21 AM:

On 8/18/18 5:43 AM, Daniel wrote:

Paul B. Gallagher wrote on 18/08/2018 5:30 AM:

Ray_Net wrote:

This is my idea also  replacing double-backslash by 
single-backslash could destroy the pref.js file ...


This is what I have in my pref.js file:
user_pref("browser.download.dir", 
"C:\\ADDON\\ADDED\\Mozilla-Suite\\SeaMonkey\\2.0.2");
user_pref("browser.download.lastDir", 
"C:\\ALLDATA\\RandoEvasion\\INSCRITS");


If you don't trust it, don't do a global search and replace. Try it 
with the one pref you're interested in and see what happens. If that 
fixes the problem, you can go back and apply the fix throughout the 
file.


To Mark's question: the backslashes are single in about:config.

 From what we've seen so far, the download failed for some reason, 
that's why the OP can't find the file (it's not there). My chief 
suspect at this point is the double backslashes -- if SM tries to 
save the file to a nonexistent directory or an invalid path, it will 
fail. But then it should throw an error to alert the user, even if 
the setting is "don't ask."


I have no expertise in Linux; my remarks refer only to the Windows 
installation.


As suggested by others, I looked in about:config and, sure enough, 
while looking in prefs.js,I got double slashes, when I looked in 
about:config, I got ...


browser.download.lastDir;    user set    String C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads

Single slashes ... just doesn't work for downloading SeaMonkey from 
the SeaMonkey-Project download page. Other downloads, things work fine!!



Tried a new profile? Not shared. ;-)


No, Walt. Not yet!! ;-(

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Re: Where are Downloaded files saved??

[Daniel]

Ray_Net wrote on 19/08/2018 1:12 AM:

Daniel wrote on 18-08-18 11:43:

Paul B. Gallagher wrote on 18/08/2018 5:30 AM:

Ray_Net wrote:

This is my idea also  replacing double-backslash by 
single-backslash could destroy the pref.js file ...


This is what I have in my pref.js file: 
user_pref("browser.download.dir", 
"C:\\ADDON\\ADDED\\Mozilla-Suite\\SeaMonkey\\2.0.2"); 
user_pref("browser.download.lastDir", 
"C:\\ALLDATA\\RandoEvasion\\INSCRITS");


If you don't trust it, don't do a global search and replace. Try
it with the one pref you're interested in and see what happens.
If that fixes the problem, you can go back and apply the fix
throughout the file.

To Mark's question: the backslashes are single in about:config.

From what we've seen so far, the download failed for some reason,
 that's why the OP can't find the file (it's not there). My chief
 suspect at this point is the double backslashes -- if SM tries
to save the file to a nonexistent directory or an invalid path,
it will fail. But then it should throw an error to alert the
user, even if the setting is "don't ask."

I have no expertise in Linux; my remarks refer only to the
Windows installation.


As suggested by others, I looked in about:config and, sure enough,
 while looking in prefs.js,I got double slashes, when I looked in 
about:config, I got ...


browser.download.lastDir;user setString
C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads

Single slashes ... just doesn't work for downloading SeaMonkey from
 the SeaMonkey-Project download page. Other downloads, things work
fine!!

When I click on the "Download Now" Seamonkey 2.49.4 * Windows,
English (35MB) I got a screen with this info: You have chosen to
open: * SeaMonkey Setup 2.49.4.exe which is: JPEG image (39.2MB) from
https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net Would you like to save
this file ? [Save File] [Cancel]


Yeap, same here.


when I click on the [save file] button SM show me where he will
download the file.


It's this second screen that I'm not seeing when I D/L SM. Any other 
time, I do see this second screen and can select where I want to save 
the file.



My options "Preferences" - "Downloads" are: - Open the download
manager - when saving a file: ALWAYS ask me where to save files. -
Download History: Remove download entries- NEVER

Hope this will help you !


These settings are the same for me, Ray!
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Re: Where are Downloaded files saved??

[Daniel]

mozilla-lists.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote on 19/08/2018 2:34 AM:

Ray_Net wrote:

Daniel wrote on 18-08-18 11:43:
... just doesn't work for downloading SeaMonkey from the 
SeaMonkey-Project download page. Other downloads, things work

fine!!

When I click on the "Download Now" Seamonkey 2.49.4 * Windows,
English (35MB) I got a screen with this info: You have chosen to
open: * SeaMonkey Setup 2.49.4.exe which is: JPEG image (39.2MB)


JPEG image? That is odd! I get "DOS/Windows executable (39.2 MB)", 
downloading from SeaMonkey 2.49.4 on Linux.


Good pick, but mine shows as an ".exe" file! ;-(

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Re: Where are Downloaded files saved??

[Daniel]

Lee wrote on 19/08/2018 1:07 AM:

On 8/18/18, Daniel  wrote:

Paul B. Gallagher wrote on 18/08/2018 5:30 AM:

Ray_Net wrote:

This is my idea also  replacing double-backslash by 
single-backslash could destroy the pref.js file ...


This is what I have in my pref.js file: 
user_pref("browser.download.dir", 
"C:\\ADDON\\ADDED\\Mozilla-Suite\\SeaMonkey\\2.0.2"); 
user_pref("browser.download.lastDir", 
"C:\\ALLDATA\\RandoEvasion\\INSCRITS");


If you don't trust it, don't do a global search and replace. Try
it with the one pref you're interested in and see what happens.
If that fixes the problem, you can go back and apply the fix
throughout the file.

To Mark's question: the backslashes are single in about:config.

From what we've seen so far, the download failed for some
reason, that's why the OP can't find the file (it's not there).
My chief suspect at this point is the double backslashes -- if SM
tries to save the file to a nonexistent directory or an invalid
path, it will fail. But then it should throw an error to alert
the user, even if the setting is "don't ask."

I have no expertise in Linux; my remarks refer only to the
Windows installation.


As suggested by others, I looked in about:config and, sure enough,
while looking in prefs.js,I got double slashes, when I looked in
about:config, I got ...

browser.download.lastDir;   user setString
C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads

Single slashes ... just doesn't work for downloading SeaMonkey from
the SeaMonkey-Project download page. Other downloads, things work
fine!!


Can you tell if your anti-virus is blocking it? I uploaded "SeaMonkey
Setup 2.49.4.exe" to virustotal & got two hits: 
https://virustotalcloud.appspot.com/#/file/9a7822a019eb89c71a912c5ca5a08ce9dea9fc536a12c9ae861f528e5a6409c2/detection


 Regards, Lee

Good thought, Lee, but nothing showing in my updated AVG Anti-virus Free 
Quarantine listing since October last year. :-(


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