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Videoes from Facebook no longer download when I click download

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ZEROMZ
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I used to be able to download videoes from my facebook but after I installed windows media player I can't. The video goes full screen instead with no way to download (from what I can tell). I uninstalled windows media player but am still having the same issue. I tried refreshing firefox but it didn't help. I can't find what's causing this issue. I've attached an image of the video playing after I picked download.

I used to be able to download videoes from my facebook but after I installed windows media player I can't. The video goes full screen instead with no way to download (from what I can tell). I uninstalled windows media player but am still having the same issue. I tried refreshing firefox but it didn't help. I can't find what's causing this issue. I've attached an image of the video playing after I picked download.
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Wesley Branton
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Is it opening and playing the video file?

I know that, on certain websites, pressing a download button on a video will cause Firefox to open the video file and start playing it instead of downloading. I suspect maybe this is what's happening.

If that's the case, you should be able to right-click on the video after you have already pressed download and then select Save video as.

Hope this helps.

crankygoat
crankygoat
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You might check here:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-firefox-behavior-when-open-file#firefox:win10:fx71