Recent downloading issues

[grog swiller]

This is OT, but since many people here are always downloading, I thought I might bring it up. In the past few days when trying to download files, the download fails and I get the Internet Explorer window telling me the file could not be downloaded, and it shows up as a partial download where I tried to save it. After numerous attempts, I finally noticed that the files have an underscore instead of a decimal before the zip extension. As in 'download_zip' instead of 'download.zip'. Both my desktop and laptop have started doing this. I have IE10 on the desktop , and IE9 on the laptop.

This doesn't happen when using Chrome, just IE.

Anyone else have this happen?

 

[wombat666]

Can't say that I've had such a problem but I use Firefox, never had any issues.
Quite a few people seem to have had issues with IE10, most appear to be cured by reverting to IE9.
However, as you are apparently experiencing issues with both MS browsers but not Chrome, until we can investigate I suppose you should continue with it (Chrome) for the interim.


Just checked and where applicable most files have an underscore as part of their naming protocol, for example: VF111_fix.zip, MIG_21_repaint.zip, Texture.Ukraine_Blue_Pixels.zip, aces2fix.zip etc.
As a matter of interest, have a look at what IE and Chrome 'see' the downloads as.

 

[hairyspin]

IE is one of the most unreliable pieces of software I've used in recent months, and I've used IE for years. I use IE9 and am truly cheesed off with it: it started so well and has inexorably grown more fragile and flaky.

Firefox here I come...

 

[hschuit]

Thanks guys, I had the same and other issues so your posts inspired me to uninstall IE10 and go back to IE9 and that took only 5 minutes