# Open does not work

**URL:** <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/open-does-not-work/72789>\
**Category:** Thunderbird\
**Created:** [December 26, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/open-does-not-work/72789 "2020-12-26T17:52:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Alan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Alan](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/Alan)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/open-does-not-work/72789/1 "2020-12-26T17:52:05Z")

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With the new T bird, on an attachment ‘open’ goes straight to ‘save as’  
which works ok but ‘open’ used to work on an earlier version of T Bird.??  
ALAN

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**Author:** ![DaveRo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@DaveRo](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/DaveRo)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/open-does-not-work/72789/2 "2020-12-27T08:36:54Z")

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DUPLICATE of [OPEN? Please](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/open-please/72788/2)