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re: The incredible disappearing downloads
Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 1:39 am
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Posted by AnchorMan (1465 messages posted)


Hey again. Have you tried to refresh the system files? IE.. Start, run, "sfc /scannow". This will check the integrity of your system files. Also try this http://www.theeldergeek.com/repair_ie6.htm. Going to bed. See ya.

AnchorMan


On Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 9:19 pm, Lloyd Matthews wrote:
> When I download files with IE, they will either never appear, or appear for a couple
>of seconds in the designated folder and then vanish. I then can't find them anywhere
>on the computer. Also, the download box closes whether or not I have "close after
>download" checked. (I have XP SP2 with the latest MS updates.)
>
> -Dowloading with ftp in IE works fine
> -Downloading with Firefox works fine
>
>Can anyone help me fix this problem?
>

-Thanks! LloydM


Written in response to:
The incredible disappearing downloads (Lloyd Matthews: Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 9:19 pm)

Responses to this message:
*Resolution? Ad-Aware and Windows Defender don't play nice together (Lloyd Matthews: Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 6:27 pm)

All messages in this thread [show all]
-The incredible disappearing downloads (Lloyd Matthews: Sat, Mar 18, 2006, 9:19 pm)
*re: The incredible disappearing downloads (AnchorMan: Sat, Mar 18, 2006, 9:34 pm)
*re: The incredible disappearing downloads (C9H13NO3: Sat, Mar 18, 2006, 9:49 pm)
-re: The incredible disappearing downloads (AnchorMan: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 5:03 pm)
-re: The incredible disappearing downloads (Lloyd Matthews: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 8:59 pm)
-re: The incredible disappearing downloads (AnchorMan: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 10:19 pm)
-re: The incredible disappearing downloads (Lloyd Matthews: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 10:22 pm)
-re: The incredible disappearing downloads (AnchorMan: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 10:30 pm)
-re: The incredible disappearing downloads (Lloyd Matthews: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 10:40 pm)
-re: The incredible disappearing downloads (AnchorMan: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 11:13 pm)
-re: The incredible disappearing downloads (AnchorMan: Wed, Mar 22, 2006, 11:15 pm)
-re: The incredible disappearing downloads (Lloyd Matthews: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 12:51 am)
*re: The incredible disappearing downloads (AnchorMan: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 1:20 am)
-re: The incredible disappearing downloads (AnchorMan: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 1:39 am)
-Resolution? Ad-Aware and Windows Defender don't play nice together (Lloyd Matthews: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 6:27 pm)
-Yup, removing WinDef fixed it! (Lloyd Matthews: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 8:32 pm)
*re: Yup, removing WinDef fixed it! (AnchorMan: Thu, Mar 23, 2006, 8:49 pm)
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