I can't see what I am downloading when using Firefox....

[GSDog]

Hi all,

Recently my firefox has stopped showing what I am downloading in it's download manager, it still downloads things, but I can't see how long it has left, what speed, etc.

I have gone into tools > options > downloads and ticked the box saying "show download manager when a download begins", but it still doesn't show...

Do you think this is a bug? I have closed all AV's and firewalls, etc. It's really annoying and I will need to stop using it if I can't fix it.

 

[bledd]

ctrl + J brings up the download box when in firefox by the way

maybe its been moved to the side of the screen (only just visible?)


i use an extention called download statusbar, which shows downloads in the status bar when the download box is closed

installer is here https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/26/

are you using firefox 2?

 

[GSDog]

ctrl + J brings up the download box when in firefox by the way

maybe its been moved to the side of the screen (only just visible?)


i use an extention called download statusbar, which shows downloads in the status bar when the download box is closed

installer is here https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/26./

are you using firefox 2?

I can see the download box by pressing ctrl + J or going to tools > downloads, but it is empty, despite the fact I am downloading things.
I can see the files on my desktop so I know it is downloading, but it isn't showing in the download box...

I have uninstalled the older version and installed v2.0 and it still does it.

I will try the file you suggested and let you know what happeneds.

 

[bledd]

sounds like your firefox profile is a bit borked, i dont know what to try, some of the other users are kings at firefox repair, so wait for their posts

 

[Skalaberg]

or you could just uninstall firefox and then reinstall it from scratch..it should only take about a minute and will probably save you hours of mincing around?

Skal.

 

[marc2003]

or you could just uninstall firefox and then reinstall it from scratch..it should only take about a minute and will probably save you hours of mincing around?

Skal.

erm that won't help at all.

your firefox settings are stored in

\documents and settings\YOU\application data\mozilla\firefox\profiles\RANDOMTEXT.default\

and this is left untouched by the firefox installer/uninstaller.

if you have a profile problem, you can delete the whole firefox folder to reset everything.

 

[GSDog]

The download statusbar addon does work so thanks for the link
I have run firefox in safemode so I guess that it's probably my profile that is messed up - I will try resetting it to default.

Are you sure it's ok to delete to whole firefox folder?!

 

[GSDog]

I deleted my old profile and created a new one and it works perfectly now.

Thanks a lot.