Google chrome automaticaly downloading file instead of opening

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Improve this answer. DSpencer 3 3 3 bronze badges. Jim Stitzel Jim Stitzel 36 1 1 bronze badge. Naveen Naveen 1, 8 8 silver badges 12 12 bronze badges. This looks like it could work but I don't think I have the powers and it's for — Enilorac.

Elin Lovinda Elin Lovinda 21 1 1 bronze badge. Tekla Tekla 1. Did you mean "can't"? Grant Grant 1. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Even i have the same problem, In my case http requests are giving problem and https no issues , I using nginx reverse proxy..

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Follow: RSS. Tags cache , chrome , compile. The solution, with the cause now found, is equally simple: menu, settings , scroll to bottom, click advanced , click clear browsing data and select how long a time you have been frustrated: last day usually does it for me. And then click Clear browsing data. At least Chrome has the choice of time period, to avoid having to erase the entire cache. That would both have taken some serious disk activity as well as slowed down browsing for a few days.

Lionel Messi permalink. Screw Chrome. I'm going back to Firefox. I'm tired of fighting a "option" they haven't fixed in years. Aug 17, -. Billy Schlotter. You are right Jim, it is not in the download section anymore. We will update this post to reflect that. You can know just right click on the downloaded item and either uncheck or check 'Always open files of this type. Oct 13, -. A download link will start an automatic download regardless of the browser.

Our site does not start a download till the download button is clicked. The best solution is to know what you're clicking on and making sure you have an anti-virus installed that will scan each downloaded file. Oct 15, -. Nov 16, -. That doesn't work because I can't download the file. It opens every time. Nov 17, -. What opens? If you are unable to download the file nothing should open. Nov 21, -.

Mar 29, -. To download when you click instead of opening a link, just hold Alt when you left click. Apr 15, -. The file opens. If you click a. Wav file anywhere, it will open in the browser player instead of downloading, and you have no option to prevent it from doing so, meaning that the right-click menu which would allow you to choose it to download it or open it in the future is not showing.

What browser and version are you using? Are you trying to download a custom project or a video background? May 18, -. Peter Maguire. Holy cow! That was exactly what I needed.

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