176176 - attempt to download any file results in error message, similar error when left or right clicking on filename

Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 171441

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[James Simpson]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021022
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021022

When a download is attempted, an error pops up stating
"C:\DOCUME~1\SUPERU~1\LOCALS~1\TEMP\xo29q4dn.exe could not be saved, because the
sounce file could not be read.  Try again later, or contact the server
administrator"
If download is attempted using a right click on the link, and "save link as",
the save file... dialog pops up, but when the save button is clicked, there is
no download initiated.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Mozilla Browser
2. Click on nightly builds windows link
3. Also happens on any other download link

Actual Results:  
Error message pops up

Expected Results:  
Download should be initiated, and file location should be chosen by user.

Not using any firewall software, on high speed ADSL connection, same links
operate as expected on IE 6.

Comment 1

[Jelmer Baas]

This happend to me when I installed a build over a different build, or when I
used my old profile with the new build. 

Solution was to delete the Mozilla dir (ex. plugins), and remove the profile. I
tried to change the pathnames in prefs.js, but that didn't work.

Comment 2

[OstGote!]

I knew two people with the same problem. Both people have installed Moz 1.2b
(Windows)over 1.2a or 1.1 without uninstallation. 
The solution was simply a new "clean (re)install" (like in comment 1) of Moz
1.2b. Changes to the profile are (at least in these cases) not necessary.

Comment 3

[Andreas Kunz]

Dupe of bug 171441 ?

Comment 4

[Zibi Braniecki [:zbraniecki][:gandalf]]

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

Comment 5

[James Simpson]

Bug is duplicate of 171441

Problem is fixed by deleting the COMPREG.DAT, or performing a clean installation
of moz 1.2x.