Vista Ultimate Does not Download .exe

[Krumrei]

I go to download.com

I try to download AVG's latest Free software.

It tells me save or run, I try both at first and then Save As ---> in my
secondary harddrive.

IT downloads all 43MB of the file and then just disappears. No file in the
F: drive, no file found anywhere.

What is up with Vista? I just upgraded to Ultimate from XP Pro last night,
which took me about what 5 hours? And then I cannot even download anything
from the internet.

I changed all the settings in IE7 and unprotected it and then also I am an
admin on the machine?

Any thoughts?

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Have you checked the 'Download' folder on your C: drive? That's were
downloads are usually stored.

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[Krumrei]

Not yet, but even so, if I try to save the file on my secondary hard drive,
the file is not there? Or is that something Vista just does?

Paul

 

[John Barnett MVP]

It should save it were you tell it to. If you don't stipulate then Vita puts
it into the 'download' folder. I personally don't use Internet Explorer's
download option simply because, if the file is large, and the connection is
slow, it has no 'pause' option. Currently I have stuck with the free version
of Download Accelerator which does the job of downloading just fine. With
Download Accelerator all downloads are stored in the 'my completed downloads
folder.'

If AVG is not in the Download file the try searching for it from the search
box on the start menu to see if it shows up.


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