Something is wrong
I have been trying to download things on Firefox, and everytime it appears in the downloads in Firefox and says "Failed"
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you may have something installed that is blocking the download.
Are you able to download other file types?
·´¯`·...¸>-)))º> ~dbben said
you may have something installed that is blocking the download. Are you able to download other file types?
I can't download any file type
Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web Link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for a download manager.
This download manager works separately from the browser.
The browser tells it what to download, and off it goes.
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org It is a powerful modern download accelerator and organizer for Windows and Mac.
Have you read this article yet (?):
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cant-download-or-save-files
Rodney said
Have you read this article yet (?): https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cant-download-or-save-files
yes
Ali Abdulla said
Rodney said
Have you read this article yet (?): https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cant-download-or-save-filesyes
In that case following FredMcD's advice might be your best bet.
Rodney said
Ali Abdulla said
Rodney said
Have you read this article yet (?): https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cant-download-or-save-filesyes
In that case following FredMcD's advice might be your best bet.
can you suggest a type of download manager?
I dont know Ali ?
I think in your particular case, you may be better off with installing a download manager that is not intertwined with the FF system. And if the download manager could not also download, then this would be a clue to investigate.
Alternatively, I think you must have something blocking the downloads.
As a test, can you disable (temporarily) all your anti-,malwares, anti-virus's, etc... Can you also disable the Firewall. If you have parental controls turned on, this may also be an issue. IF you have installed themes and add-ins for FF, try disabling these too.
Inside FF options, there are little settings about "warning/blocking things that FF deems dangersou", per se.
There is also something in FF network options about choosing DNS over HTTPS. But not sure if this could be a problem. But would hurt to redo the settings.
btw: does this happen with other browsers on your system?
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Ali Abdulla said
can you suggest a type of download manager?
FredMcD said
This download manager works separately from the browser. The browser tells it what to download, and off it goes. http://www.freedownloadmanager.org It is a powerful modern download accelerator and organizer for Windows and Mac.
Modified
Something that came to mind, is that downloads are initially done in the temporary folder. Then once its 100% complete, will be moved to the download folder.
So double check to see if the temporary folders are clean and empty and accessiable.
On my system, i "always" create c:\temp and then change the system environments to use it.
Ali Abdulla said
can you suggest a type of download manager?
I posted an answer a long time ago (I quoted FredMcD's suggestion), but it hasn't been cleared by a moderator yet; it will show up later, probably above ·´¯`·...¸>-)))º> ~dbben's posts.