174382 - Browser can't complete download; gives dialog saying that local temp file can't be opened

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 171441

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Dan Tobias]

In some cases (e.g., the cited URL, to download the latest Mozilla build),
Mozilla refuses to download a file from the Web; it pops up a dialog saying that
it's unable to read a file in the Windows temporary directory (presumably where
Mozilla temporarily puts the download data).  A zero-length file of that name is
saved on my system.  I'm using build 2002101404 for Win98.

Comment 1

[Dan Tobias]

Attachment: Screen shot of dialog box

Comment 2

[timeless]

does this happen for clean installations? (that means installing into a
directory where no mozilla or relative has ever lived)

Comment 3

[Dan Tobias]

No, there'd been lots of earlier Mozilla versions installed there before.

I installed the 1.2b version (2002091014) just now and it seems to work.  It's
just the new nightly builds that have the problem.

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

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

Comment 5

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

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