I need a confirmation on a problem I am having. I need users of Firefox to manually download transa

The problem I am having with Firefox downloading OFX data is that Fx thinks the data is in xml format. My bank uses version 1 of OFX which while it looks like xml technically it isn't. Version 2 of OFX is xml.
To make a long story short, when I download my transactions from my banks website and I go to open the file Fx is making it an xml file. Quicken doesn't like this so it thinks I am a new user. Interestingly, when I save the file it saves just fine. Extension is qfx.
It's possible that Express Web Connect and Direct Download will produce the same problem. My bank is Santander, NA btw.
See my bug report at Bugzilla for more detailed information:
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How exactly did you download? What bank are you using? Also is the qfx file version 1 or 2?
SO, what bank are you downloading from?
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Also, my account is just a plain old checking account.
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Financial_Exchange
I don't use EWC because my bank decided to add pending transactions to my available balance. So my AB and online balance are always the same. Quicken does not like this. I posted this way back when. My bank still refuses to change this behavior.
I'm running FireFox version 45, and the QFX file is version 102 (version 1 of the OFX standard).
It works fine when I open it in FireFox (imports into Quicken no problems).
From your problem report in the bug report it sounds like something else is going on.
The .part extension is used for the file name as it is being downloaded, and is then changed to the right extension after the download is complete. It sounds like your download is never completing.
You should also try just saving the file to your computer (hopefully you will get .qfx not .part that way), and then opening that with File Explorer and see if that works. Needless to say if you can't get a good download, then all bets are off.
It would also be interesting what another web browser does. A website does give "hints" on what the file type is. It might be the fault is at your financial institution's website marking it as an XML file (which it is not).
Note that OFX version 1 headers look like:
OFXHEADER:100
DATA:OFXSGML
VERSION:102
SECURITY:NONE
ENCODING:USASCII
CHARSET:1252
COMPRESSION:NONE
OLDFILEUID:NONE
NEWFILEUID:NONE
Version 2 looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
<?OFX OFXHEADER="200" DATA="OFXSGML" VERSION="200" SECURITY="NONE" OLDFILEUID="NONE" NEWFILEUID="NONE" COMPRESSION="NONE" ENCODING="USASCII" CHARSET="1252"?>
MS Edge works OK because it doesn't do the .part crap that Fx does. It just downloads the file as is to my download folder. I then open it and all works as it should.
What you state is true, BUT some FIs (Capital One Credit Card as an example) make both formats (Quicken - QFX and MS Money OFX) available for download, so using the terms interchangeably when the OP knows better causes confusion and readers aren't sure what the OP is really doing.
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Remember I am using QW2016. Other versions might work correctly.
You need to track down why the download doesn't complete.
I do think FF 48 is Alpha. So it may have some bugs.
https://wiki.mozilla.org/RapidRelease/Calendar
https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2016/02/04/update-on-2016-firefox-release-schedule/
You can try to reset (refresh) your profile and try it again.
Here is a link to get recent releases including FF 46 beta http://archive.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/candidates/
Windows 10 Pro 1903
File name in temp: E7F+Zo2O.QFX.part
Which gets copied/deleted when saved to its proper name.
Or if I open it, it gets renamed to JPMC.QFX in the temp folder.
I don't have any financial institutions that are using version 2, which might be falsely interpreted as an XML file.
Other downloaded file types like .zip & .pdf have a correct file name like wewwwe.zip.part and fgfgfgf.pdf.part. No problems at all with these files.
Look at the MimeTypes.rdf file in your Fx profile. Copy and paste here the section where it has QW.exe. I want to compare what you have to what I have. The whole file would be better. I don't think there is any sensitive data in it. You decide.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<RDF:RDF xmlns:NC="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#"
xmlns:RDF="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/pdf"
NC:value="application/pdf">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/pdf"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:handler:web:https://www.mibbit.com/?url=%s"
NC:prettyName="Mibbit"
NC:uriTemplate="https://www.mibbit.com/?url=%s" />
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/vnd.intu.qfx"
NC:fileExtensions="qfx"
NC:description="Quicken OFX data"
NC:value="application/vnd.intu.qfx"
NC:editable="true">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/vnd.intu.qfx"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:application/pdf"
NC:handleInternal="true"
NC:alwaysAsk="false" />
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:text/plain"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:saveToDisk="true">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:text/plain"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/vnd.ms-excel"
NC:value="application/vnd.ms-excel"
NC:editable="true"
NC:fileExtensions="xls"
NC:description="Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Worksheet">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/vnd.ms-excel"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:handler:web:https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s"
NC:prettyName="Gmail"
NC:uriTemplate="https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s" />
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:useSystemDefault="true"
NC:saveToDisk="false">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:handler:ircs"
NC:alwaysAsk="true">
<NC:possibleApplication RDF:resource="urn:handler:web:https://www.mibbit.com/?url=%s"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:handler:web:https://30boxes.com/external/widget?refer=ff&url=%s"
NC:prettyName="30 Boxes"
NC:uriTemplate="https://30boxes.com/external/widget?refer=ff&url=%s" />
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:mailto"
NC:value="mailto">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:scheme:handler:mailto"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/x-qif"
NC:fileExtensions="qif"
NC:description="ImportQIF file"
NC:value="application/x-qif"
NC:editable="true">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-qif"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/x-virtualbox-vbox-extpack"
NC:value="application/x-virtualbox-vbox-extpack"
NC:editable="true"
NC:fileExtensions="vbox-extpack"
NC:description="VirtualBox Extension Pack">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-virtualbox-vbox-extpack"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/x-zip"
NC:value="application/x-zip"
NC:editable="true"
NC:fileExtensions="zip"
NC:description="Compressed (zipped) Folder">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-zip"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:root"
NC:en-US_defaultHandlersVersion="4" />
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-virtualbox-vbox-extpack"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:saveToDisk="true">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/x-virtualbox-vbox-extpack"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"
NC:fileExtensions="xlsx"
NC:description="Microsoft Excel Worksheet"
NC:value="application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"
NC:editable="true">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-qif"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:saveToDisk="true"
NC:useSystemDefault="false">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/x-qif"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:text/csv"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:saveToDisk="true"
NC:useSystemDefault="false">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:text/csv"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-msi"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:saveToDisk="true">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/x-msi"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/x-rdp"
NC:value="application/x-rdp"
NC:editable="true"
NC:fileExtensions="rdp"
NC:description="Remote Desktop Connection">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-rdp"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:application/vnd.ms-excel"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:saveToDisk="true">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/vnd.ms-excel"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:application/force-download"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:saveToDisk="true">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/force-download"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:irc"
NC:value="irc">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:scheme:handler:irc"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:webcal"
NC:value="webcal">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:scheme:handler:webcal"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetypes">
<NC:MIME-types RDF:resource="urn:mimetypes:root"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:handler:irc"
NC:alwaysAsk="true">
<NC:possibleApplication RDF:resource="urn:handler:web:https://www.mibbit.com/?url=%s"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:handler:web:https://compose.mail.yahoo.com/?To=%s"
NC:prettyName="Yahoo! Mail"
NC:uriTemplate="https://compose.mail.yahoo.com/?To=%s" />
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-rdp"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:saveToDisk="true">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/x-rdp"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:text/csv"
NC:fileExtensions="csv"
NC:description="Microsoft Excel Comma Separated Values File"
NC:value="text/csv"
NC:editable="true">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:text/csv"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:handler:webcal"
NC:alwaysAsk="true">
<NC:possibleApplication RDF:resource="urn:handler:web:https://30boxes.com/external/widget?refer=ff&url=%s"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/force-download"
NC:value="application/force-download"
NC:editable="true"
NC:fileExtensions="xml"
NC:description="XML Document">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/force-download"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:handler:mailto"
NC:useSystemDefault="true"
NC:alwaysAsk="false">
<NC:possibleApplication RDF:resource="urn:handler:web:https://compose.mail.yahoo.com/?To=%s"/>
<NC:possibleApplication RDF:resource="urn:handler:web:https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-zip"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:saveToDisk="true">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/x-zip"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:application/vnd.intu.qfx"
NC:alwaysAsk="true"
NC:saveToDisk="true"
NC:useSystemDefault="false">
<NC:externalApplication RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:externalApplication:application/vnd.intu.qfx"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:ircs"
NC:value="ircs">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:scheme:handler:ircs"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:text/plain"
NC:value="text/plain"
NC:editable="true"
NC:fileExtensions="txt"
NC:description="Text Document">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:text/plain"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Seq RDF:about="urn:schemes:root">
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:scheme:webcal"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:scheme:ircs"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:scheme:mailto"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:scheme:irc"/>
</RDF:Seq>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:schemes">
<NC:Protocol-Schemes RDF:resource="urn:schemes:root"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/x-msi"
NC:value="application/x-msi"
NC:editable="true"
NC:fileExtensions="msi"
NC:description="Windows Installer Package">
<NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/x-msi"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Seq RDF:about="urn:mimetypes:root">
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:application/pdf"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:text/plain"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:text/csv"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:application/x-qif"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:application/x-virtualbox-vbox-extpack"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:application/x-zip"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:application/vnd.ms-excel"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:application/x-msi"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:application/force-download"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:application/x-rdp"/>
<RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:application/vnd.intu.qfx"/>
</RDF:Seq>
</RDF:RDF>
I bet a reinstall of QW16 would probably do the trick. Wonder if there is an easier way to get Quicken to make the mime types work.
Edit -> Preferences -> Web Connect -> Give me the option of saving to a file whenever I download Web Connect data.
I sort of doubt it though. These days the registry entries that you want to be changed can normally only be changed by install programs.
btw... Does the uninstall for QW16 have a repair option? If not and I reinstall QW16 is there any gotchas?
Express Web Connect is when the Quicken servers try to do the same for you automatically.
No Quicken doesn't have a repair option. The install shouldn't be a problem, but it might not fix the problem either. There are things like putting these entries in the registry that if they see that they are already there (and they don't check they are right), they might skip them.
You should try the QCleanUI procedure (and don't uninstall before hand like it suggests, make QCleanUI do it).
http://knowledgebase.quicken.com/support/help/downloading--installing--upgrading-and-converting/using-qcleanui-to-uninstall-quicken/GEN82227.html
You might also try the Mondo patch install.
http://knowledgebase.quicken.com/support/help/quicken-update-files/GEN82197.html
The reason I ask is when importing, if Quicken asks to close the existing one, it is because it believes that you are trying to open a QDF file. On the command line, you give the full path to the QDF file to open it. To open a QFX file it is the same, but you give it the -X option like:
"C:Program Files (x86)Quickenqw.exe" -X c: mpJPMC.QFX
I have seen cases where people have tried to set Quicken as the default program to handle QFX files through the control panel, and that messes it up, because Windows 7 and above don't have any way to edit that command line and it makes it:
"C:Program Files (x86)Quickenqw.exe" "%1"
instead of:
"C:Program Files (x86)Quickenqw.exe" -X "%1"