Closed
Bug 249637
Opened 21 years ago
Closed 21 years ago
Mozilla 1.8alpha1 still has the download error on ANY attempted download on my Windows 2000 equipped Dell 8200 laptop. See URL for example.
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
WORKSFORME
People
(Reporter: joe, Unassigned)
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Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a1) Gecko/20040520
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8a1) Gecko/20040520
Anytime I try and download ANY file, I get an error message. Seemingly,
Mozilla tries to execute the file (nobody asked it to do so) and it creates an
error. See example.
Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Download any file (or try to.)
2.
3.
Actual Results:
See URL image of error.
Expected Results:
It should work.
Updated•21 years ago
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Reporter | ||
Comment 1•21 years ago
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I notice that Foxfire 0.91 is able to download files just fine. Why can't
Mozilla 1.8 alpha (or any of the 1.7 versions) do the same thing on Dell 8200
Windows 2000 equipped computers?
Why is it that no one else has commented on this problem? Am I the only user to
experience this problem?
I do notice that on some computers it works fine. I notice that on others (such
as the Dell 8200 laptop) the download fails.
dupe of Bug 246528
Did you try to do a clean install/uninstall of Mozilla and to create a new
profile? Your error sounds like profile corruption or installation without
uninstall the old version before.
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Comment 3•21 years ago
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I have just tested by completely erasing the old profile and installing 1.8a
again. This DOES allow the download to work again. However, I want to save my
old email files, bookmarks and such. I used Mozilla Backup 1.1 to try and save
the profile data and it completed without without error and saved the data.
However, the rebuilt profile still had the same "download failure" error.
When I tried Mozilla Backup 1.3.1, it refused to save the profile saying the
profile was corrupted.
Does anyone have information on what file(s) might be corrupted so I can just
delete the corrupted files, reinstall and save my email files, bookmarks and
address book? Other than this error where files cannot be download, Mozilla
1.8a works flawlessly. I am hoping that there is just one file in the profile
somewhere I can delete it and save my data.
Try to delete in your old profile the files xul.mfl, downloads.rdf or
chrome\chrome.rdf (you will lost your themes and extensions).
Does this help?
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Comment 5•21 years ago
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Thanks for the ideas.
I removed profile the files xul.mfl, downloads.rdf and
chrome\chrome.rdf. Then I rebooted and still could not download files. Then I
reinstalled Mizilla 1.8a and the problem remained.
I noticed that in the error message:
http://www.gpsinformation.org/joe/misc/mozdownloaderror.jpg
the windows say that the download is occuring with the filename in the upper
window and then WITH <autorun.inf>. I am NOT trying to download and EXECUTE the
file, just download and SAVE the file. Is this autorun.inf supposed to happen
by default? Why is the system not downloading and then asking for further
instructions as to "save" or "launch"?
Hmm ... try to delete all entries in Preferences -> Navigator -> Helper
Applications for file types.
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Comment 7•21 years ago
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(In reply to comment #6)
> Hmm ... try to delete all entries in Preferences -> Navigator -> Helper
> Applications for file types.
I do not find any folders such as you suggest in Mozilla.org or Mozilla Profile.
Can you please be more specific as to where these helper applications are found
in Mozilla 1.8a?
Thanks
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Comment 8•21 years ago
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(In reply to comment #7
Ah Ha! I found the helper applications and deleted the one that was to use
<autorun.inf> and now I can download files just FINE..
Many thanks to ostgote!!!
Joe
(In reply to comment #8)
> Many thanks to ostgote!!!
Joe, please resolve this bug as WORKSFORME and your other bug 246528 as
DUPLICATE of this. Thanks.
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Updated•21 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
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Comment 10•21 years ago
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On another computer with 1.8a2 Mozilla, I could not get downloads to work and I
had to go to Mozilla Browser>edit>Preferences -> Navigator -> Helper
> Applications. Then I put my mouse on each entry and looked to see what the
helper was going to do with the entry. I found MSDownload was calling for
<autorun.inf> I deleted MSDOWNLOAD from the helper list and this made this
particular computer start being able to download.
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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