How stop firefox from adding "+" to the filename when open files

lets say I open a word.doc file.
Its filename is "file folder one.doc"
Firefox makes it "file+folder+one.doc"
it is very annoying - just started showing up and I cannot figure out how to turn off.
Please make it stop!!!

You are opening a DOC file from disk into Firefox?
Do you see the spaces in the file name replaced with + characters in the address bar or somewhere else?

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