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why is firefox 20 download not an .exe ?

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just downloaded firefox 20 - file ends in _exe

am i supposed to change it to .exe in order to run the install ?

thanks.

just downloaded firefox 20 - file ends in _exe am i supposed to change it to .exe in order to run the install ? thanks.

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Hi, thanks for the help - apparently my issue was my security settings - it first said you can't download the file - then it downloaded it but must have changed the name of the file. to download as an .exe the setting:

launching applications and unsafe files must be set to enable - even though you get multiple panels popping up telling you not to do that.

i enabled it - downloaded the file and disabled it again.

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What was the download link you used? I just accessed it from this page: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/fx/#desktop

And the download link pointed to here:

http://download.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/20.0/win32/en-US/Firefox%20Setup%2020.0.exe

It looks like this URL works alright, saves as a .exe as expected.

If you can, right-click the file in your download list and select "Copy Download Link" to see where your download came from.

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Hi, thanks for the help - apparently my issue was my security settings - it first said you can't download the file - then it downloaded it but must have changed the name of the file. to download as an .exe the setting:

launching applications and unsafe files must be set to enable - even though you get multiple panels popping up telling you not to do that.

i enabled it - downloaded the file and disabled it again.