Downloads aren't saving.. Vista?

Hello.. i've been using Vista for a couple of months now.. and i'm having trouble saving my downloads.. anyone know how to fix this? I'm pretty sure it has something to do with Vista.


Thanks.

 

Are you sure? Maybe you're just downloading them somewhere and cannot find them.

START > PROFILE NAME (upper right of start menu) > DOWNLOADS folder

 

What is the problem that you face..??

 

If you do not know the location where they are being saved, you certainly will not be able to eaily find them.

Also, what broswer and version are you using?

 

First I would check your "Downloads" folder, that is the default folder Firefox saves files to...not sure about IE. Install Flashget first then install the add-on Flashgot for intercepting downloads from Firefox then you can chose where to save your files. Hope this helps.

 

You can choose the download location without any extras in any browser, but it does help to know what that location is!

 

Well.. I use IDM and it works perfectly.. but when I use IE V.7 I always save to my desktop and it never ends up being saved there.

 

I always felt used by IE rather than a user of IE, myself.

 

Well my downloads save fine on my XP machine but.. i've tried saving it to different locations.. searched for it after it's done and it's just not there. Doesn't save at all. I also noticed that the window doesn't pop up when it's done.. asking if you want to open it and etc.

Nevermind, run doesn't work.

 

Do you have multiple user accounts..?? Do you save it on the desktop of your account..??

 

I had the same issue. I restored back to a point where I didn't have the problem. Then I didn't update vista for a while. I believe that it was one of the vista updates that caused the problem initially. Since then I have updated firefox and vista without problems.

 

Have you looked in the temp folder for IE?

 

Just have one user account for myself.. Yes i've tried saving it to the desktop, and my documents.

 

Well i've tried searching for the downloads and it doesnt show up anywhere.

 

It could be a problem related to the TIF folder....

 

OK, let's be a little more methodical about this.

Go to fillehippo.com

Under most popular downloads, click AVG FREE EDITION (large file)

On the description page, click on DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION (upper right)

You should be redirected to a download page, if so, what happens next?

a) nothing
b) the yellow information bar appears at the top of the window

 

Go to Start/Control Panel/Internet Options. Click on the Security Tab. With the Internet zone icon highlighted, click the Custom level... button. A list of security settings for the Internet zone will appear. Find the "Launching applications and unsafe files" setting (under Miscellaneous) and select "Prompt (recommended)". If "Launching applications and unsafe files" is already set to "Prompt (recommended)", try toggling the setting by selecting "Enable (not secure)", clicking "OK" and then resetting it to "Prompt (recommended)".

Also, make sure File Download under the Downloads section is enabled.

You could also just set the defaults, but that may change something you have specifically set otherwise.

 

Doesn't work =(. This is irritating the hell out of me.

IE7 - When saving to desktop/documents.. etc., after file finishes it doesn't appear in any of those locations.

When selecting run, it just finishes downloading and then the box dissapears and nothing happens.

FIREFOX - Same problem.. doesn't show up anywhere. Also when I right click on the file in the Firefox Downloads box after the file is completed, Open/Open Containing Folder options are greyed out.

Ok.. when I select the Open with (WINRAR) option on Firefox after it finishes downloading, I get an error message. Cannot open C:\USERS\X\AppData\Local\Temp\IDM.rar

I did search for it.. and it does show up. But when I click on the file it gives me the Missing Shortcut box.. Windows is searching for IDM.rar. To locate the file yourself, click Browse.

Also when I right click on the searched file (IDM.rar), and choose Open File Location, it shows up in the microsoft > windows > RECENT folder..

I have no idea what to do.. i'm fairly new to VISTA.

Any ideas? =(

Thanks.

 

couple....

right click COMPUTER, choose PROPERTIES. When window appears, choose ADVANCED SYSTEM SETTINGS on the left.

Click on ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES button on bottom

What does it say in top box?

 

Top box has PATH, TEMP, TMP under Variable.

%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp Under Value for TEMP and TMP.

Thanks.

 

The top box has 3 things in it? Like this: (?)

PATH.....
TEMP.....%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP.......%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp

 

Mate try installing IDM ( I think ur using Portable version of IDM ) and reinstall it

 

Correct gerry.

I've tried reinstalling IDM, same thing. IDM works.

IE/FIREFOX downloads don't.

I have the same IDM on a desktop and another laptop and other downloads seem to work fine.

Anyone have any other ideas?

Thanks.

 

Select
PATH.....
click the DELETE button

Reboot into safe mode

START ORB > CONTROL PANEL > FOLDER OPTIONS
choose VIEW tab
click radio button next to SHOW HIDDEN FILES AND FOLDERS
uncheck HIDE EXTENSIONS FOR KNOWN FILE TYPES
uncheck HIDE PROTECTED SYSTEM FILES

START ORB > COMPTUER > LOCAL DISK (C > Users > {your user name } >AppData > Local >Temp

select a file, then click CTRL + A to select all files and folders. Delete

Close window

START ORB > COMPTUER > LOCAL DISK (C > WINDOWS > Temp

select a file, then click CTRL + A to select all files and folders. Delete

close all windows

on keyboard, press the WINDOWS symbol and R
type CMD
<enter>

type
chhdsk /f
<enter>

type
Y
<enter>

reboot

let windows do its thing, it will run a chkdsk and then reboot again into normal mode

Test

What happens?

 

Did you do this?

 

Yes I did. Didn't help.

 

did you do this?