Discussion:
moz 1.2 doesn't save files properly on download (win2k)
Parish
2002-12-03 19:29:26 UTC
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On 03/12/2002 19:09 Christian Rönn stood on a soap-box and preached to
Well, let's say I download a file to the desktop. When the download is
finished and the download window disappears (no, I don't run the
download manager) the file just doesn't appear on the desktop the way it
should. It's af it doesn't get copied properly from the temporary
download cache.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't mozilla download everything to a
cache folder first, and move it to the real destination when it's finished?
Yes.
However, I can't find it in the cache either with windows file search.
Well, you won't find it in the Cache folder under the filename you
downloaded; it will be called something like 3AA7B09Ad01. On the odd
occasion I've retrieved a file from the cache I've used the size and
timestamp to identify the correct one.
The bug doesn't always appear. Strange, huh?
Yes, but then, the Desktop is a special (virtual) folder so saving to it
may cause strange behaviour. Personally, I just have a directory called
downloads and save *everything* there (it's currently 862MB). I have no
icons at all on my desktop - what's the point? You can never see the
damn thing so it's the last place I'd save a file to.
On 02/12/2002 19:33 Christian Rönn stood on a soap-box and preached to
Is it just my computer or does mozilla 1.2 forget to actually save the
file to the harddisk after the download is complete?
I'm running Win2k Pro english version w/ SP3.
Thanks for any input... btw, I've experienced the same in 1.2a and b too.
Can you elaborate please? It WFM on W2K and XP
/Christian
Jesse
2002-12-03 20:26:50 UTC
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Check out Bug 166005
Well, let's say I download a file to the desktop. When the download is
finished and the download window disappears (no, I don't run the
download manager) the file just doesn't appear on the desktop the way it
should. It's af it doesn't get copied properly from the temporary
download cache.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't mozilla download everything to a
cache folder first, and move it to the real destination when it's finished?
However, I can't find it in the cache either with windows file search.
The bug doesn't always appear. Strange, huh?
On 02/12/2002 19:33 Christian Rönn stood on a soap-box and preached to
Is it just my computer or does mozilla 1.2 forget to actually save
the file to the harddisk after the download is complete?
I'm running Win2k Pro english version w/ SP3.
Thanks for any input... btw, I've experienced the same in 1.2a and b
too.
Can you elaborate please? It WFM on W2K and XP
/Christian
X
2002-12-04 20:16:49 UTC
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I have the same thing happening here. It only happens if I close the
mozilla window and leave the progress window to download. It doesn't
write it to the disk unless I leave mozilla open for the download.
1.2.1 is doing the same thing.
Is it just my computer or does mozilla 1.2 forget to actually save the
file to the harddisk after the download is complete?
I'm running Win2k Pro english version w/ SP3.
Thanks for any input... btw, I've experienced the same in 1.2a and b too.
/Christian
therube
2002-12-07 17:50:14 UTC
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Post by X
I have the same thing happening here. It only happens if I close the
mozilla window and leave the progress window to download. It doesn't
write it to the disk unless I leave mozilla open for the download.
Could be ... http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.2.1/

If the user is downloading a file in the background and the user exits
from the File menu, the download will abort without warning.
Workaround: Only exit after downloads finish. (Bug 28385)
Post by X
Is it just my computer or does mozilla 1.2 forget to actually save the
file to the harddisk after the download is complete?
I'm running Win2k Pro english version w/ SP3.
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