Having a problem with downloading

[fitzinuk13]

Hi just signed on to the boards as im a bit off the pace with pc's and thought i might be better looking for advice from people who know lol.

Its a problem i have when downloading , the pc just wont let me, it states that i cant down load as the temp file contents cant be changed, it suggests i change the properties of the folder,
i changed it from read only to normal but it re sets itself to read only, i then set up another folder and asked that all my dowloads went to this folder but it seems to have ignored that suggestion ..any ideas ?

thanks in advance


Fitz

 

[Mark56]

Try this software http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files/file/187-tfc-temp-file-cleaner-by-oldtimer/ (do not be tempted to use Registry Reviver).which will clean out a lot of temporary stuff.

Also, empty your Download folder.

What version of windows are you using?

Do you have this problem with any download or something in particular?

Has this problem just suddenly started to happen?

 

[DelJo63]

get a Tree view of the HD, and navigate so as to have the Downloads folder in the right pane.

right-click on Downloads->Properties; click the Security Tab
the upper half has Group or user names
the lower has Permissions

in the upper half, click on the first Group/User and the lower panel will show the
permissions for the user (yea, it's grayed out, but still readable).

you can have a situation where your login id does not have Write access.
you need Read & Execute, List Contents, Read, Write