Yesterday, someone at work was having a problem where his Firefox would no longer download files. The Downloads dialog was empty but Firefox refused to downloading anything even when selecting to save manually.
This is usually caused by a corrupt completed-downloads file. Here’s how to fix this download problem:
- Close Firefox
- Open your favorite file manager and go to your profile folder:Windows XP: C:Documents and Settingsyour_Windows_login_nameApplication DataMozillaFirefoxProfilesa_bunch_of_letters_and_numbers.profile_name
Linux: ~/.mozilla/firefox/a_bunch_of_letters_and_numbers.profile_name - Delete the file named downloads.rdf
- Start Firefox
That’s all, folks!