179836 - FTP & HTTP downloads fail

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 171441

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[Anthony Howe]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016

After having installed 1.2 over 1.1 then attempts to download updates from
vandyke.com and pcre.org of their software fail with the following error message:

"C:\Docume~\Admini~1\Locals~1\Temp\mxl077.tgz could not be saved, because the 
source file could not be read.

Try again later or contact the server administrator."



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Installed 1.2 over 1.1
2. Attempted to download files.


Actual Results:  
An error dialog.

Expected Results:  
That it downloads the file requested.

Running as "administrator" user; no changes in file permission; no intervining
reboot after install (the installer did not specify that it was necessary).

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

a) Always read the release notes before you file a bug
b) always search before you file a bug.
c) if possible visit QA/Freuqnelty reported bugs

you should avoid your step1 (see also the note in the release notes)

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