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Thread ID: 115119 2011-01-02 22:57:00 downloads won't save or run newbee (10498) Press F1
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1166514 2011-01-02 22:57:00 ok
so i reformatted my hard drive yesterday
reninstalled win 7 and then went to download avarst antivirus
and commando firewall with both of them downloading fine
first i tryed saving them to my desktop and run from there
but as soon as both were downloaded the both just disapered
so i tryed runing them insted of saving both done the same thing
even doing a search there nothing there
windows 7 updated fine
any ideas
newbee (10498)
1166515 2011-01-02 23:01:00 try this link for avast
www.filehippo.com

do you mean comodo firewall? from here
www.comodo.com
GameJunkie (72)
1166516 2011-01-02 23:23:00 yeh soorry is the firewall
just tryed both links saveing and running
both downloaded fine but still nothing
no files on desktop saved or wont run
still nothing
newbee (10498)
1166517 2011-01-02 23:47:00 just tryed downloading from majorgeeks web
does the same
am goning to reformatt again
newbee (10498)
1166518 2011-01-03 02:38:00 Are you logged in with Admin priveledges? Paul.Cov (425)
1166519 2011-01-03 03:15:00 so i reformatted my hard drive yesterday



Loaded all the drivers? Turned off UAC?
pctek (84)
1166520 2011-01-03 03:34:00 Make yourself a dedicated download folder on a hard drive partition as in C:\Downloads or D:\Downloads. Do not download to the desktop. Snorkbox (15764)
1166521 2011-01-03 04:29:00 If you are using Firefox try Tools>Downloads nerd89 (14761)
1166522 2011-01-03 04:30:00 It shouldn't matter where you download the files to, they should stay at the location you select .

By default, they will download to <your user name> Downloads .

To see if they have gone to another location, once downloaded, click start, type in the name of the file - if its there it will show up, then you can see where its going to .

As for Avast, you would search for "setup_av_free" ( just tried it and it showed instantly) on the desktop :thumbs: you would right click it, open file location .

AVG has a nasty habit of doing what you describe - this type of action is normally caused by the downloads going to the default location, OR the antivirus deleting as it suspects the file is a infection .

If still no joy, create a new user account, try downloading from that if it works then the original Account is corrupted somewhere .
wainuitech (129)
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