There was a setting added to hide the Auto options some versions ago. In the previous couple or so maybe the defaults have changed for this (I think there were reports of users downloading via Auto and 'losing' their files). The setting is Properties->Articles->Auto download & save->Auto options in advanced submenu. However, after trying this both ways (checked and unchecked) I see no change in the context menu at all. The Auto options stay in the same menu regardless.
You can try yours and see if it's the same and report back.
Now that I look closer I see it is working as advertised. For some reason I must have had the thought that it moved the entire Auto submenu up one level. Was it there originally in the first level of the context menu? I seem to remember it that way. I wasn't looking just for those two items.