180940 - Download fails: file could not be saved since source file could not be read

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 171441

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[Jim Ronback]

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

I can sucessfully download the file at the URL above within IE 6.0 using
Netscape SmartDownload ver 1.5. When I try it within Mozilla 1.2b I get the
followimg message:
"...\TEMP\0ypoe6e2.exe file could not be saved since source file could not be read"

The file name in TEMP changes with each attempt.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Go the URL http://www.deskmarker.com/en/download.php
2.Click on the file name "DeskMarker.exe (715 Kb), Switzerland" to start download
3.

Actual Results:  
Error message pops up:
"...\TEMP\0ypoe6e2.exe file could not be saved since source file could not be read"

Expected Results:  
A successful download as with IE 6.0

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

how about this :
a) reading the release notes 
b) read the bug filing page with the little iframe (the same that you get if you
open QA/frequently reported bugs)
c) search before you file a bug
d) avoid installing over an older build.

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

Comment 2

[Wesha]

v.