Firfox doesnt let me download zip file

Search Support Search. Home Firefox Manage preferences and add-ons Change what Firefox does when you For help with download problems, see What to do if you can't download or save files. For help with embedded media on web pages, see Fix common audio and video issues.

For help changing the e-mail program that Firefox uses, see Change the program used to open email links. Table of Contents 1 Download actions 2 Changing download actions 3 Adding download actions 4 Resetting download actions for all content types. Note: Firefox will not be able to properly handle a file download if a misconfigured web server sends it with an incorrect Content type.

For example, Firefox may display the content as plain text instead of opening the file in an application or asking you what to do.

You can contact the website in such cases or you can try a Firefox add-on such as Content-Type Fixer to work around the problem. It also happens with other sites like Wetranfer. I click the download link, a tab opens briefly and nothing happens. Or not exactly. Ok, I tried Safe Mode and the problem disappeared. Then I restarted, disabled all add-ons and restarted again with all add-ons disabled It could be Hardware Acceleration.

Also, I must say this issue started happening 3 or 4 days ago. It was working perfectly until then. One issue that seems more common lately is Firefox's Tracking Protection feature. When it is blocking content in a page, a shield icon will appear at the left end of the address bar next to the padlock icon. I'm pretty sure it wasn't this problem because I would have noticed the icon.

The thing is, today it is working normally again! Yesterday it wasn't working and today it is working and I didn't do anything! Pretty weird Fifth, when you try to download a few files at once, Google Drive will create a zip archive. There are instances where this archive could fail to download. To fix this, close the Google Drive tab — it will give you a warning that files were not saved, select Leave and the download should start properly.

To fix this, log out of all Google accounts. Then only log back in with the account that should have access to the file you want to download and try again. The permission errors should now be resolved. So clearing them both could help. The problem is that the process for each browser is quite different and making sure you delete all cached files and cookies is not easy. When you want full control over the data your browsers retain, you should use an optimization tool like CleanMyMac X.

CleanMyMac X is a powerful but intuitive app that lets you tweak any part of your Mac in just a few clicks. You can scan your drive for old, unused files, get rid of mail attachments, free up RAM, reindex Spotlight, uninstall apps completely, and, of course, clean anything within your browser. After you clear all cache and cookies, make sure the cookies themselves remain enabled for Google Drive to work properly. With ad blockers rising in popularity over the past few years, some web apps started to inadvertently break in unexpected places.

If your WiFi connection is poor or unstable, or simply off, Google Drive might throw all kinds of errors related to file downloading. The best way to troubleshoot your internet connection is to use NetSpot. If you have tried the above suggestions, you can restore the default Firefox download folder settings:.

To fix the problem, open Safari's Preferences and change the Save downloaded files to: setting to a valid folder such as your Desktop. Then restart Firefox. Change the folder properties and try again, or try saving in a different location. If downloading certain file types does not work, check to make sure Firefox is not set to handle those file types differently from others. See Change what Firefox does when you click on or download a file for instructions on how to view and change how different file types are handled.

Internet security software, including firewalls , antivirus programs, anti-spyware programs, and others can block certain file downloads. Check the settings in your security software to see if there is an setting that may be blocking downloads.

To diagnose whether Internet security software is causing problems, you can try temporarily disabling it, seeing if downloads work, and then re-enabling the software.