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ff_profile_dir does nothing

See original GitHub issue

I’m trying to use a new Firefox profile so I can control download directory location.

I’ve created Firefox profile and set directory.

In my Robot test I define the ff_profile_dir:

   Open Browser
    ...  url=${START_URL}
    ...  browser=${BROWSER}
    ...  ff_profile_dir=C:/Users/mydir/AppData/Local/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/robot

Run test - the file is downloaded but not in the correct directory defined in the profile.

Environment

Windows 10
geckodriver 0.23.0
robotframework==3.0.4
robotframework-seleniumlibrary==3.2.0
selenium==3.141.0
~~Firefox Developer Edition 64~~
Firefox 63.0.3

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:21 (4 by maintainers)

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Mohit3095commented, May 9, 2019

I think I found the issue. I had opened the Selenium profile in firefox browser manually that i was working on. Since that profile was already in use, the same profile coudln’t be opened twice using Selenium and RobotFramework.

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jimpriestcommented, Dec 6, 2018

IT WORKS! I could have sworn I tried browser.download.folderList = 2 but that may have been before I reinstalled my browsers.

Thank you so much!