271773 - download manager doesn't download anything

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 256365

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[David Lundeen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041122
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8a5) Gecko/20041122

Whatever I try to save something nothing occurs the download of the file doesn't
download.  Download manager doesn't appear and progress bar doesn't appear either.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. All I do is hit save and nothing occurs
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Nothing

Expected Results:  
Saved the file by downloading the file with the download manager

I have tried downloading and or saving files with Mozilla Firefox and it works
correctly.  I just recently downloaded the newest version of Mozilla and thought
something changed from the previous one I had.  I was able to save files and/or
download them with the download manager with the one I was using before.  I have
tried configuring the download manager but nothing occurred after I did this as
well.  It seems as though I am missing something to do.  I am just not sure of
what.  I searched help to see if I could find anything but it doesn't say
anything about problems with saving files.

Comment 1

[Hermann Schwab]

Bug 256365  the download manager is not opening on the latest version
1.8a3-1.8a5 (exception in JavaScript console in contentAreaUtils.js)

Bug 227439 Unable to download files ("...could not be saved, because the source
file could not be read.") (compreg.dat)

Bug 180672  	Download manager somehow disabled completely, preventing file
downloads entirely (source file could not be read)

Possible workarounds:
Open Help->About Plug-ins, maybe download is working thereafter.
While Mozilla is off, delete compreg.dat in the Mozilla\Components directory.
This file will be recreated, when Mozilla doesn´t find it at start.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 256365 ***