176058 - Unable to download files

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 171441

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Andy Elvey]

I'm unable to download files using Mozilla 1.2b . 
 Two examples - I go to http://www.mozilla.org . I right-click on the hyperlink 
for "Nightly Builds" (Windows) - this is the file mozilla-win32-installer-
sea.exe . When I right-click , I choose "Save link target as".  The pop-up 
window appears (so you can choose the directory to save in). When I click 
the "Save" button, I get one of two things - 
a) Nothing happens at all, or ...
b) I get a popup window with the message - "(filename) could not be saved, 
because the source file could not be read. Please try again later".

 Example 2 - I go to Sourceforge to download a file (I tried downloading Dev-
cpp).  I go to that page , and get as far as choosing a mirror site to d/l 
from.  I choose Phoenix, AZ as the mirror site (LEFT-clicking on that site).  I 
get the "your download should begin shortly" window, then I get a popup window 
with the words "C:\temp\aan9ppgu.exe could not be saved, because the source 
file could not be read. Try again later, or contact the server administrator". 
  Hmmm ....  I then go back to the "select a mirror site" window, and I try 
RIGHT-clicking on one of the mirror sites.  I get the popup window ( the "save 
as" window) , but this time, when I click ok, nothing happens - not even 
the "error popup" with the "filename could not be saved" message. 
  I hope this can be fixed for v 1.2 , as it's a *major* bug. I should say that 
I *love* Mozilla , and I'm now using it (v1.2b) as my everyday browser.  
 Thanks for your time !

Comment 1

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Reporter: Try to delete compreg.dat, this should fix it.

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

Comment 2

[Wesha]

Reporter: Novice users are strongly discouraged of using Advanced Bug Entry Form. 
Please use Bugzilla Helper to report future bugs:

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?format=guided

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