284212 - Mozilla 1.8b1 cannot download anything

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 180672

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Michael]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050217 MultiZilla/1.8.0.1d
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b) Gecko/20050217 MultiZilla/1.8.0.1d

I try to click on a download link, I get an error that says that it cannot save
the file because it cannot be read.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I surf the net
2. I click on a download link
3. I try it again

Actual Results:  
I get an error that says that it cannot save
the file because it cannot be read.

Expected Results:  
Download the file.

Comment 1

[Michael]

Attachment: This is the error that I get when I try to download a file..

This is the error that I get when I try to download a file.. 
it says that it cannot save the file because it cannot be read.

Mozilla 1.8b1

Comment 2

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Mozilla is not Bugzilla....

Comment 3

[R.K.Aa.]

likely another dup of bug 180672 - see fix there (status whiteboard and URL)

Comment 4

[OstGote!]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 180672 ***

Comment 5

[R.K.Aa.]

Michael: 

In the duplicate bug, a workaround is described. So:

-go to https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180672
-Read the beginning of it: The fields called "URL" and "Status whiteboard".
-Copy the text in the URL field of the bug and place it in the browsers
URL-field, then hit enter. 

It is a tiny javascript "command" that will re-generate the file compreg.dat,
which likely has gotten corrupted on your machine.

Then try a download again. Any change? To add a comment here, please use the
form for Additional Comments on web, in this bug-report. The link is in first
link the mail you get.

Comment 6

[OstGote!]

If the workaround URL does not help, quit Moz and go to install directory of
Mozilla and delete the file "compreg.dat" in the subdirectory "components.