[Mozilla Enterprise] How to edit a filename when saving an "Excel" file

[Mike Kaply]

When you select Save File, it brings up a file dialog, though, right?

So can't you change the extension there?

Mike

On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 4:54 PM Eddie Rowe <eddie.rowe at tdhca.state.tx.us>
wrote:

> We have an application that creates files named .xls which are really HTML
> files.  Our IE and Chrome users can just change the name of the extension
> to be HTML, but Firefox ESR 78.1 does not let you do this with .xls files.
> The only options are to open with Excel or save the file with the defective
> extension.  I ruled out a policy as the possible cause.  I thought there
> was a file you can edit to control the MIME association, but I believe that
> is no longer a feature based on
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/How_Mozilla_determines_MIME_Types#ExternalHelperAppService.
> We have Firefox configured to always ask where to save files to guard
> against “drive by downloads” and the application handler has “Always ask”
> set for .xls files.  The file that is downloaded is not available via an
> URL to right-click and select Save As which will let you change the
> filename.
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> Am I overlooking a document that might assist in changing Firefox so that
> it allows the end user to change the filename when saving a file?  What if
> I didn’t want to name all my files this bizarre ps.xls name? 8-)
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