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Every time when I click some links (which opens another document), there comes a dialog (see the screen-shot) and I then have to close it manually.

This is really unnecessary, unwanted and irritating (for my mindset).

Are there any way to prevent this dialog from popping up?

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Firefox.

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  • What dialog? I think that's a Download window. And what type of link did you click so the dialog(?) opened?
    – Drie
    Jun 18, 2012 at 11:59

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That is not really a dialog box expecting an answer from you but Firefox's downloads window, which is shown by default when downloading a file. However, you can switch it off in Firefox's preferences (untick the checkbox "Show downloads windows when downloading a file"). You can find Firefox's preferences under Edit->Preferences in the menu. See the screenshot below. Firefox Preferences screenshot

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  • You can use "Download Status Bar" add-on on Firefox and use it in Mini mode. This will prevent download windows from popping up and you will get download notifications at the left hand corner. Jun 18, 2012 at 12:23
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Looks like you are trying to open docx documents in Firefox, which won't work. Therefore Firefox only has the option of downloading the file for you. Going to edit -> preferences will let you untick the "Show the Downloads window when downloading a file" therefore not showing that window anymore.

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