216595 - browser will not save any document or file to computer.

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 203689

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Harendra Fernando]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624

When performing a save function ("Save link target as" ; "Save image as")
Mozilla will not save to any specific location on the hard disk.  No error
message, but download manager nor download dialogue shows.  This problem also
occurs with automated download sites such as "download.com."  When "Download
Now" is clicked, the download does not proceed (eg. no download progress windows
or download manager window).
Duplicated steps with Thunderbird and Internet Explorer and files downloaded
normally.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Find any graphic or link file that you would like to download onto your computer.
2.Right-click on said graphic or link and select either "save image as..." or
"save link target as..."
3.Attempt to locate file at specified download location on hard disk.
Actual Results:  
No file could be found.  No download progress window opened.

Expected Results:  
Download progress window should open to show progress of assigned download. 
File should be found at specified download location on hard drive.

Used current build of Mozilla since the builds release and have not had this
problem until recently.  Attempted an uninstall/reinstall of current Mozilla
build.  Mozilla downloaded properly for approximately two sessions of use and
then resorted back to original problem of not downloading files.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Can you please close Mozilla and delete the file "compreg.dat" in
Mozilla.org\Mozilla\components\compreg.dat ?

Comment 2

[Harendra Fernando]

Closed Mozilla (including Quickstart)
Deleted file: C:\Mozilla.org\Mozilla\components\compreg.dat
Restarted Mozilla.
Problem still remains.

Comment 3

[Harendra Fernando]

Attempted to delete compreg.dat a second time (turns out Mozilla was still
running but not showing the quickstart icon in taskbar --> ended mozilla process).

Now browser functions as expected.

Will keep posted if previous behavior resumes.

Thanks for the help Matti!

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

no problem

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 203689 ***

Comment 5

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

V.