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Why has one of my downloads paused itself, and why can't I resume it?

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I am downloading three files. Why has one of the files spontaneously paused downloading? Why is there no button or link I can press to resume the download?

I am downloading three files. Why has one of the files spontaneously paused downloading? Why is there no button or link I can press to resume the download?

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Right-click on the line corresponding to paused download and click on Resume.

Reason to pause automatically a download may be a brief failure of access to the server on which the file is downloaded.

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Right-click on the line corresponding to paused download and click on Resume.

Reason to pause automatically a download may be a brief failure of access to the server on which the file is downloaded.

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Note that Pause and Resume can be found in the right-click context menu of an item.