# Download File: Dialogue appear even when firefox\_profile is set **URL:** \ **Category:** Web Testing\ **Tags:** web-testing, katalon-studio\ **Created:** [November 13, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/download-file-dialogue-appear-even-when-firefox-profile-is-set/14228 "2018-11-13T10:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_ah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@Nicolas\_ah](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Nicolas_ah)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/download-file-dialogue-appear-even-when-firefox-profile-is-set/14228/1 "2018-11-13T10:27:43Z")
Hello everybody! I recently started to use Katalon. However when I tried to download a file using these documentation: [https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/tutorials/handle\_file\_uploads.html#verify-a-downloaded-file](https://docs.katalon.com/katalon-studio/tutorials/handle%5C_file%5C_uploads.html#verify-a-downloaded-file) > **[Download files from web ui not working](https://forum.katalon.com/discussion/4662/download-files-from-web-ui-not-working)** > > hi ! to learn how to download files from web ui, i have downloaded the example scripts from https://www.katalon.com/resources-center/tutorials/handle-file-uploads/ … i want to download the file into the default download directory. so my project... ![](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/uploads/default/original/1X/3d816ad782a1ac1d38defd6a280e8a7055a40871.png) ![](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/uploads/default/original/1X/bcf852323f642037469f63e9facfcb3565fdb929.png) The dialogue still shows up. ![](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/katalon/uploads/default/original/1X/65b2282c043aa8be911c455fecf594e64e8ee225.png) If someone have an idea [1.PNG](https://forum.katalon.com/uploads/short-url/8M6oRNGv0tDcnQI2sK09SaYDNTj.png) [2.PNG](https://forum.katalon.com/uploads/short-url/qXHMYnZHVTKeXEACMdPEEAuWi9z.png) [3.PNG](https://forum.katalon.com/uploads/short-url/evDVhHriDZCw0sgQWHLnlyzK17L.png) ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_ah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@Nicolas\_ah](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Nicolas_ah)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 10:37am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/download-file-dialogue-appear-even-when-firefox-profile-is-set/14228/2 "2018-11-13T10:37:39Z")
Oh and I am using firefox 63.0 ---
**Author:** ![Marco\_Raphael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Marco\_Raphael](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Marco_Raphael)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/download-file-dialogue-appear-even-when-firefox-profile-is-set/14228/3 "2018-11-13T11:18:24Z")
I had the same problem, below are my settings that work. I tried different versions for the "_application/vnd.ms-excel"_ and\_“application/csv”\_ depending on what software was the default program to open xls or csv files. 1. browser.helperApps.neverAsk.saveToDisk _String_ application/vnd.ms-excel , application/csv 2. browser.helperApps.alwaysAsk.force _Boolean_ FALSE 3. browser.download.folderList _String_ 2 4. browser.download.forbid\_open\_with Boolean TRUE 5. browser.download.dir _String_ S:\KatalonDownloads 6. browser.download.downloadDir _String_ S\KatalonDownloads 7. browser.download.defaultFolder _String_ S:\KatalonDownloads ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_ah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@Nicolas\_ah](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Nicolas_ah)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/download-file-dialogue-appear-even-when-firefox-profile-is-set/14228/4 "2018-11-13T12:14:00Z")
It did actually work ! Thank you ! But it downloads in the default dir even if I set set download:dir;downloadDir;defaultFolder ---
**Author:** ![Marco\_Raphael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Marco\_Raphael](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Marco_Raphael)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/download-file-dialogue-appear-even-when-firefox-profile-is-set/14228/5 "2018-11-13T12:57:26Z")
> [Nicolas ah](https://forum.katalon.com/profile/12889/Nicolas%20ah) said: > > It did actually work ! Thank you ! > > But it downloads in the default dir even if I set set download:dir;downloadDir;defaultFolder I haven’t found a solution for that problem yet, but i’m guessing there is an entry missing for that. ---
**Author:** ![Marco\_Raphael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Marco\_Raphael](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Marco_Raphael)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/download-file-dialogue-appear-even-when-firefox-profile-is-set/14228/6 "2018-11-13T13:21:38Z")
You could try changing browser.download.folderList to 1 ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_ah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ec9cab/32.png) [@Nicolas\_ah](https://forum.katalon.com/u/Nicolas_ah)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/download-file-dialogue-appear-even-when-firefox-profile-is-set/14228/7 "2018-11-14T04:41:58Z")
> [Marco Raphael](https://forum.katalon.com/profile/6762/Marco%20Raphael) said: > > You could try changing browser.download.folderList to 1 I tried and still downloading the in the user\download ---
**Author:** ![rjohry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@rjohry](https://forum.katalon.com/u/rjohry)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.katalon.com/t/download-file-dialogue-appear-even-when-firefox-profile-is-set/14228/8 "2019-02-04T06:56:29Z")
> [@Marco\_Raphael](#): > > changing browser.download.folderL Same issue with “5.10.1” version of Katalon and Using Firefox 65.0… Please do update solution here