Checking the Firefix setting for downloads, I have tried both leaving it at the default - a folder called Downloads and setting it to "always ask me where to put it". Both SEEM to work, the expected popups appear, and in the latter case I can specify
a location to save to. And the Firefox popup with the list of downloaded things appears and includes the file I am trying to download. But I cannot open the file from that popup, and there is no sign of the allegedly downloaded file in either my
Downloads folder (case 1) or the folder I specified (case 2).
For IE, I when I right click a link and click SaveAs..., I get the expected popup asking me where I want to file saved, and I get the progress popup that makes it look like something is being downloaded, but after that popup disappears, I can find nothing
in the location I indicated. I have even tried a search of my entire c: drive, but the file is nowhere.
BTW, in none of the cases above do I get any kind of firewall message. I have also tried doing it with the Windows firewall turned off, but nothing changes.
Since both browsers are acting the same, it sure looks like something in Vista or my environment.
I'm getting desperate; I can't download anything. (I even tried update my firefox, but you can imagine the result - since it needs to be ... DOWNLOADED!)
