The folder is read-only, but I thought all Windows folders were read-only? I've never had a problem with saving to the temp folder before. Help? :(
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The folder is read-only, but I thought all Windows folders were read-only? I've never had a problem with saving to the temp folder before. Help? :(
Folders within your user folder shouldn't be read-only to you though. Maybe you changed the permissions by mistake, or it's trying to write to another users folder so firefox is configured incorrectly?
Delete your Windows profile and make a new one.
I did. It didn't work.
Oh, and after the download fails, if I click retry it'll download (all over again) it into the temp directory correctly, but won't auto open the file.
Delete your Windows folder and make a new one. :monster:
No. :mad2:
Have you tried uninstalling Firefox, deleting all it's settings from your profile, then reinstall it clean? :p
EDIT: Actually, I think deleting the settings should be sufficient. I'm assuming the permissions on all your folders are correct, if you've wiped and created a new user account.
Per-user Firefox settings should be reset when you delete and start a new Windows profile. But then again maybe when you delete a Windows profile it keeps the folders around, and if you make a new one with the same name it recycles those files. God only knows.
I'd uninstall Firefox, delete C:\DOCUME~1\USERNAME\APPLIC~1\MOZILLA, manually delete the Firefox directory in C:\PROGRA~1, delete anything else you can think of, reinstall Firefox (latest version you can find), and if that doesn't work, take a strong magnet to your harddrive.
[q=Unne]and if that doesn't work, take a strong magnet to your harddrive.[/q]Beat me to the punchline... :mad:
I've tried all of this (except the magnet). I've even changed the temp folders to a different partition on my HD and no luck. I get the same error.
Does firefox store anything under the \Documents and Settings\All Users folder too? I use Mozilla, so don't know.
Nope.
Why not just change what folder Firefox saves to? It should be in Options or Preferences or something...
That doesn't make a difference since Firefox always saves to the temp folder then moves the file to your specified location after it's done downloading.
It really needs a download direct to destination thing like Opera does, very useful for larger downloads :p
EDIT: Or wget, good for even larger files like CD images :p
