172489 - Cannot download any files (.exe, .zip, etc)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 171441

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Devin Henderson]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021003
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021003

Every time I try to download a file (such as one listed at
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/) I get an error dialog that
says something similar to this:

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Downloading C:\DOCUME~1\DEVINH~1\LOCALS~1\TEMP\6mmmcdrl.exe

C:\DOCUME~1\DEVINH~1\LOCALS~1\TEMP\6mmmcdrl.exe could not be saved, because the
source file could not be read.

Try again later, or contact the server administrator.

[ OK ]
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I tried creating a new profile but the problem persists.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest/
2. Click on one of the links there to download a file
3. Read angrily over the error dialog that appears.
4. Press the OK button (there is no other option).
5. Notice that nothing else has happened and your file had not been downloaded.
6. Try again if you'd like.. but it will never work.

Actual Results:  
File is not downloaded.

Expected Results:  
Download manager should have popped up and file should have begun to download.

Comment 1

[R.K.Aa.]

see bug 171441 comment 22 for a workaround

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 171441 ***