Vista - Downloaded files disappear

I've googled for threads on this, but no fixes. I have seen some threads on this forum regarding this as well, one where the blame is mainly put on AVG Antivirus (even though one poster reports it happening on a machine with "NO Firewall, NO AV, NO UAC, Reset IE7 OR Newly installed Firefox (downloaded via another PC), One original User ADMIN account all running in Genuine Vista Ulitmate X86, SP1 and fully updated"), and another in which using Chrome is proposed.

What I'd really like to know is why my files disappear upon download completion.

It happens in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari, but for some reason not in Chrome. I'm not switching to Chrome, so it's quite annoying having to switch between browsers to download a file. -And I guess I'm quite thankful I had Chrome installed before this happened.

I don't run a firewall other than my router's own, I have Avast Antivirus Home installed, and I've had it for several years without any problems. Disabling it doesn't change anything. I've done a full virus scan with no result, but I've never had virus issues anyway. UAC is turned off. Download location has no effect on the issue.

WHAT is going on? Anybody?

Try creating a new user account & see if it happens

it happens on a new account with admin privileges

Try changing download folder. Most of the browsers download to your download directory. Try like C:\Downloads

Changing download folders has no effect on the issue.

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If you're using FF, try follow this: at address bar, type "about:config". change value "browser.download.folderList" to "2" and "browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone" to "true".

for IE7, Tools -> Internet Options ->choose Advanced tab ..click to Reset button for the original settings.

Hopefully it will helps.

p/s

don't forget to Reboot your pc for permanent changing ..

~no pain, no gain~

thank you for your reply. As I wrote in my first post, I have the problem with FF, IE7 and Safari.

I did what you said, but sadly my issues remain the same.

Are the files being deleted after download? Or just being moved or made invisible?

Check the free space on the various hard disks in your system before and after the download. Does the free space change by the size of the file being downloaded? Or does the free space stay the same?

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