IE Download Window Disappears
Jun 17, 2008
I'm having problems downloading anything. When I download something, whether I'm in Firefox or IE, the file downloads normally until it is complete. In IE the download window immediately disappears, and in Firefox the download "cannot be found". The file pretty much just completely disappears when it is finished downloading. I've searched for the files I download and found nothing. I've tried downloading to different locations also to no avail.
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Apr 15, 2009
Don't know if this is - dare I say - "a bug" in IE. Try this (or should I say don't try this) at home folks. In order to attempt to fix my prob which detailed in the previous posts (titled "FUNNY THING HAPPENS WHEN DOWNLOADING ZIP FILE" in IE General Forum), I tried anything, and played with a few thing. This is what I did. I clicked on a zip file and associated with IE program (I'm embarrassed to say that I don't even know how to do that again. Don't ask me to retrace my steps), and see what happens, if you dare!!!!!! If you can replicate what I did, you should see IE windows pops up endlessly. Gone bersek, in other words. Anyway, this is not what I'm concerned (although Microsoft should certainly looks into it). I have posted this question in one form or another. When I tried to download a ZIP file from any website, I don't get a download window, and instead I get some non-standard actions.
Since it ONLY happens when I download a ZIP file, It slowly dawn on me (I'm pretty slow) that the issue has to do with my ZIP file association, hence the reason why I played with the ZIP file assocation and get this scary scenario of IE gone hysterical. Pre-IE6, I can fix this issue with a file association in the "File/Folder View and Search Option" , which was drastically altered in the subsequent version of IE leaving me confused and helpless. I have posted several times and nobody can answer my question. Perhaps because this issue seems to be an IE-related, but in fact it is not. So posting this question in IE forum won't get me the right expertise. I posted this question in Vista General form before, and was told that i get get better response if I posted in IE GEenral. I'm absolutely frustrated with this prob.
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2. Select File to Download
3. Watch the file begin to download
4. Download screen will say "Verifying"
5. The download gets to 99% and it never closes.
Why would the window remain on the screen, but the file be downloaded properly?
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I am running Windows Vista home edition and when I receive my email using Windows Mail, it says it is receiving the email ok but then it all disappears. There are no messages in the inbox or any other folder. I tested that my email is getting to my mailbox on my ISP'S server by using their webmail. I have had people send me test messages and they
all show up in the mailbox. After I start up Windows mail and it says it is receiving "n" messages and then they disappear, I logged back onto my webmail and all the mail is gone so I know it is being sent to my PC.
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FIXED
Simply check that CTFMON.EXE boots at startup (for all users) Or go to start/run and type CTFMON.EXE then enter.
Use the following code (copy and paste to a .REG file) if you don't know how to add manually this executable to HKLM startup.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun]
"ctfmon"="CTFMON.EXE"
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