274974 - Download does not occur if download folder is invalid -- an error message would be helpful.

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[gavin]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041109 Firefox/1.0 (MOOX M3)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041109 Firefox/1.0 (MOOX M3)

I had copied my profile folder from my old computer to my new computer.  My
downloads were set to download to the F:/downloads folder.  I had tried
downloading files several times, and nothing happened.  The download manager
didn't show any record of the file being downloaded, and I couldn't tell what
was going on.  

When I checked the download folder, I then realized that it was trying to
download it to an invalid directory.  An error message saying that the directory
doesn't exist would be helpful.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Set your download folder to a new folder, like testDownload
2.  Delete the testDownload folder in the file system.
3.  Try to download a file from the web-site.

Actual Results:  
Nothing seems to happen.  

Expected Results:  
An error message saying the file could not be downloaded, the download folder is
invalid.

Comment 1

[gavin]

Sorry, I think it's a problem with my optimized firefox build.  I tried it again
on my co-workers computer and it seems to create the folder, even after you've
deleted it.