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Firefox ‘Opening’ file dialog box does not show option ‘Open with ‘ Java™ Platform SE binary (default).

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I had Java 6, update 21 installed in my PC (Windows Vista). I tried to open a file in Firefox with Java TM Platform SE binary option , my Opening dialog box does not this option. I only had ‘Save File’ option. How to include this option in the Opening dialog box. Thanks

I had Java 6, update 21 installed in my PC (Windows Vista). I tried to open a file in Firefox with Java TM Platform SE binary option , my Opening dialog box does not this option. I only had ‘Save File’ option. How to include this option in the Opening dialog box. Thanks

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cor-el
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What kind of file (file extension) are you trying to open or save?

See "File handling in Firefox 3 and SeaMonkey 2": http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions

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I tried to open .jar file. I have Windows 7, not Windows Vista. Thank you.