missing downloads

[carlspc]

hi
sorry if i have placed my thread in the wrong section.
please can anyone help me with my problem as follows?
everytime i download somthing it goes missing, i get the download box i click run and all goes well untill the download has finished, then its gone.
i have tried clicking save and creating a folder or choosing desktop to download to but still nothing.
i am running windows vista home premium and avg 8.5 antivirus on my asus notebook
thank you
carl

 

[carlspc]

please can anyone help me with this problem, any advice would be greatly appreciated.
regards
carl

 

[avgwarhawk]

If you click "run" the downloaded program will be installed. Nothing is left behind to be found other than the program you just installed. The program is ready to run. If you clicked "save" do you watch to see were what folder the download is going to? They are probably ending up in your DOCUMENTS folder somewhere

 

[carlspc]

hi
many thanks for your reply
i have checked everywhere for the downloaded file and cannot find it.
all i can find is a residue of a file in C temp, when i try to click on one of them it says windows cannot open this file TMP and give you options to try to open via the web.
i have tried this to no evail.
if i click run the download starts when download finished it goes to the verification bit and then its gone, no auto start or installation begins.
i have tried saving to a folder and desktop, it says its downloading to that destination but after download and verification process is complete you get the copying files box, when thats completed i check the desktop or folder and nothing to be found.
any ideas?
many thanks
carl

 

[JimJoe]

Are you using a browser for downloading ? If so, you can go into the options and tell it where to place the file. Like C:\users\username\downloads\

I remember that if you don't set a location, for some browsers, it can wind up on your desktop.

 

[carlspc]

hi
thanks for your reply
yes i do use a web browser was internet explorer 7 now upgraded to 8
i have tried choosing a destination for the download even created a folder and directed the download to there, but when download complete folder is empty and nothing on the desktop.
i am using AVG 8.5 network edition
i thought that maybe i had a corrupt installation so i uninstalled AVG and reinstalled it strait away, it downloaded and instantly went into the setup, could it be anthing to do with AVG blocking my downloads?
any help or advice is greatly appreciated and thanks for your time
regards
carl

 

[Orbital Shark]

You could try resetting Internet Explorer to default settings. You can try 2 options, 1 is Restore Advanced Settings which will change back to default settings. The other is Reset... which will completely reset Internet explorer & any addons you have installed. If you run the second you will need to re-download/re-enable your addons (Flash, Java etc.).

Hope this helps





Jeff

 

[Orbital Shark]

Also, the default location for 'Run' downloads is

c:\users\[username]\AppData\Local\Temp

Hope this also helps

 

[carlspc]

hi
thanks again for your reply
i will try what you have suggested, but for some reason i think i have done this already as i remember having to reset to google as my homepage etc but will try again.
also i upgraded to internet explorer 8 so would that not put the setting correct?
i will also try the download location as you suggest and get back to you tomorrow.
once again thank you for the help so far
regards
carl

 

[carlspc]

hi
i tried what you suggested and reset explorer, no change downloads still disapear after the down load box has gone.
also tried putting in the default location as given no difference at all.
any more suggestions please.
once again thanks to all for the help so far
regards
carl

 

[mtnbuilder]

I hope some one figures this out. it is happing to a few people, my self included.

 

[liganimc]

Hey guys, I had this problem as well on my mother-in-law's machine and it drove us nuts for months, but I came up with the solution! I fixed it myself by doing a system recovery. It was not the desired fix and took about 36 hours to complete, including updates from scratch and removing bloat-ware, but the issue was resolved and the computer runs blazingly fast just like it should with no issues whatsoever. I managed to use my external HD to back up all the pertinent data and restore the data once the system DVD was finished.

Honestly, until somebody can figure out why Vista does this, that will be my solution. It aint pretty, but it works guaranteed!

 

[mtnbuilder]

I did the system restore thing but It was too late. it only lets me go back about a week or less and this problem is much older. the bloat ware was the first thing i removed from my pc. it's just barebones vista plus a couple programs that I use.
is there a way to run windows setup.exe? on my old win98 pc I found the setup install program and I would run that once in a while and it would always add speed. I have had this laptop for a little over a year and use it everyday. it is deffinitly slowing down. I've beeen concidering wiping the hard drive and installing vista again but I dont have the disk, The os was on it when I bought it.