 | By Scott Dunn Complaints with Internet Explorer 7 abound, but IE 6 isn’t perfect, either. If you’re having download problems with your browser, you need to go into troubleshooting mode. I’ll give you a few key steps that may point the way to a solution. |
The case of IE 6 eating your downloads
Subscriber Jim Dawson has a problem with Internet Explorer 6:
- “In IE 6, when I click on a file to be downloaded, I receive the usual file download prompt. I click Save, and in the Save As dialog box I choose Desktop for the download location.
“But after the file finishes downloading, it’s not on the desktop! IE is not saving the downloaded file. Downloads using a download manager are saved just fine. As well, downloads using Firefox are also saved.
“Would you possibly have any ideas here?”
• IE 6 has known problems downloading from FTP servers that are configured with a limited number of available TCP ports. Knowledge Base article 816037 advises readers to contact Microsoft Support to get a hotfix. The fix replaces a problematic urlmon.dll file.
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