Vista - Downloads disappear

After downloading a file (e.g. driver updates) to my PC, the file disappears
as soon as the download completes.

I have tried downloads from different sites, tried changing the suffix to
..xxx or .zip but they all disappear.

Any ideas? I really do need to be able to update the drivers to Vista
versions!!!

Wyndamn--

Had you told us the driver and site where you downloaded from, I could have
told you the file probably. They don't disappear; they often go to less
intuitive locations like a %temp% in runbox folder or somewhere like
C:\Dell\Drivers or similar places with cute names in the file path.

Tell me the driver and where you download it from and where your Vista or XP
whatever OS is located and I'll find the driver. A number of things in
Vista also show up in subfile locations of C:\Users\Wyndamn's profile name
or names in Vista depending on the drive or partition it's parked on.

You also can get a tip before you run the download by looking at the
dialogue box and noting the name of the driver file and often it will name
where it's going. You can help yourself with the dialogue box by making a
file on the desktop called Wyndam's drivers and sending them there if you
want.

Either way.

Tip:

With respect to Vista a number of us have noticed drivers seem to install
better when you use a wizard (New HDW, New Printer, ect) by selecting "I'll
install from location of my choice">then browsing to the file path of the
download.

CH

"Wyndham" <Wyndham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B1FA8788-02BD-4D0D-A882-9A8CE13912FA@microsoft.com...
> After downloading a file (e.g. driver updates) to my PC, the file
> disappears
> as soon as the download completes.
>
> I have tried downloads from different sites, tried changing the suffix to
> .xxx or .zip but they all disappear.
>
> Any ideas? I really do need to be able to update the drivers to Vista
> versions!!!

Also when multi-booting make sure if you sometimes send them to another
system, that you click on the arrow and make sure it is to the correct drive
as well as file name. I sometimes download for all my systems at one time
when I am at the driver site, and all go to some drive(c,d,e,j): \Downloads
file I use.


"Chad Harris" <Bushisamoron.net> wrote in message
news:OrpRQHuoGHA.4996@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Wyndamn--
>
> Had you told us the driver and site where you downloaded from, I could
> have told you the file probably. They don't disappear; they often go to
> less intuitive locations like a %temp% in runbox folder or somewhere like
> C:\Dell\Drivers or similar places with cute names in the file path.
>
> Tell me the driver and where you download it from and where your Vista or
> XP whatever OS is located and I'll find the driver. A number of things in
> Vista also show up in subfile locations of C:\Users\Wyndamn's profile name
> or names in Vista depending on the drive or partition it's parked on.
>
> You also can get a tip before you run the download by looking at the
> dialogue box and noting the name of the driver file and often it will name
> where it's going. You can help yourself with the dialogue box by making a
> file on the desktop called Wyndam's drivers and sending them there if you
> want.
>
> Either way.
>
> Tip:
>
> With respect to Vista a number of us have noticed drivers seem to install
> better when you use a wizard (New HDW, New Printer, ect) by selecting
> "I'll install from location of my choice">then browsing to the file path
> of the download.
>
> CH
>
> "Wyndham" <Wyndham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B1FA8788-02BD-4D0D-A882-9A8CE13912FA@microsoft.com...
>> After downloading a file (e.g. driver updates) to my PC, the file
>> disappears
>> as soon as the download completes.
>>
>> I have tried downloads from different sites, tried changing the suffix to
>> .xxx or .zip but they all disappear.
>>
>> Any ideas? I really do need to be able to update the drivers to Vista
>> versions!!!
>
>

I use a data drive. Same idea.

"John Barnes" <jbfoofy@email.net> wrote in message
news:%23UE01NuoGHA.4104@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Also when multi-booting make sure if you sometimes send them to another
> system, that you click on the arrow and make sure it is to the correct
> drive as well as file name. I sometimes download for all my systems at
> one time when I am at the driver site, and all go to some drive(c,d,e,j):
> \Downloads file I use.
>
>
> "Chad Harris" <Bushisamoron.net> wrote in message
> news:OrpRQHuoGHA.4996@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Wyndamn--
>>
>> Had you told us the driver and site where you downloaded from, I could
>> have told you the file probably. They don't disappear; they often go to
>> less intuitive locations like a %temp% in runbox folder or somewhere like
>> C:\Dell\Drivers or similar places with cute names in the file path.
>>
>> Tell me the driver and where you download it from and where your Vista or
>> XP whatever OS is located and I'll find the driver. A number of things
>> in Vista also show up in subfile locations of C:\Users\Wyndamn's profile
>> name or names in Vista depending on the drive or partition it's parked
>> on.
>>
>> You also can get a tip before you run the download by looking at the
>> dialogue box and noting the name of the driver file and often it will
>> name where it's going. You can help yourself with the dialogue box by
>> making a file on the desktop called Wyndam's drivers and sending them
>> there if you want.
>>
>> Either way.
>>
>> Tip:
>>
>> With respect to Vista a number of us have noticed drivers seem to install
>> better when you use a wizard (New HDW, New Printer, ect) by selecting
>> "I'll install from location of my choice">then browsing to the file path
>> of the download.
>>
>> CH
>>
>> "Wyndham" <Wyndham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B1FA8788-02BD-4D0D-A882-9A8CE13912FA@microsoft.com...
>>> After downloading a file (e.g. driver updates) to my PC, the file
>>> disappears
>>> as soon as the download completes.
>>>
>>> I have tried downloads from different sites, tried changing the suffix
>>> to
>>> .xxx or .zip but they all disappear.
>>>
>>> Any ideas? I really do need to be able to update the drivers to Vista
>>> versions!!!
>>
>>
>
>

Scary, reminds me of the Twilite zone.

"Wyndham" <Wyndham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B1FA8788-02BD-4D0D-A882-9A8CE13912FA@microsoft.com...
> After downloading a file (e.g. driver updates) to my PC, the file
> disappears
> as soon as the download completes.
>
> I have tried downloads from different sites, tried changing the suffix to
> .xxx or .zip but they all disappear.
>
> Any ideas? I really do need to be able to update the drivers to Vista
> versions!!!

Thanks for responding.

I download my files carefully to specific named locations and have never had
this problem in the past. In this case the folder was called

After the first time this happened I kept Explorer open underneath the file
download dialog box and could see the file briefly appear in the folder,
where I had specified it to be saved, before it disappeared.

I tried searching with no success - incidentally Windows Vista doesn't
appear to offer an option to restrict searches by date.....

Since you asked, I downloaded (or tried..)
88.61_forceware_vista_x86_international.exe from nVidia
"http://www.nvidia.com/content/license/location_download_nvidia_us.asp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.nvidia.com%2FWindows%2F88.61%2F88.61_forceware_vista_x86_international.exe"
and, the Vista driver from
"http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dlac97-2.aspx?series=8&Software=True"

"Chad Harris" wrote:

> Wyndamn--
>
> Had you told us the driver and site where you downloaded from, I could have
> told you the file probably. They don't disappear; they often go to less
> intuitive locations like a %temp% in runbox folder or somewhere like
> C:\Dell\Drivers or similar places with cute names in the file path.
>
> Tell me the driver and where you download it from and where your Vista or XP
> whatever OS is located and I'll find the driver. A number of things in
> Vista also show up in subfile locations of C:\Users\Wyndamn's profile name
> or names in Vista depending on the drive or partition it's parked on.
>
> You also can get a tip before you run the download by looking at the
> dialogue box and noting the name of the driver file and often it will name
> where it's going. You can help yourself with the dialogue box by making a
> file on the desktop called Wyndam's drivers and sending them there if you
> want.
>
> Either way.
>
> Tip:
>
> With respect to Vista a number of us have noticed drivers seem to install
> better when you use a wizard (New HDW, New Printer, ect) by selecting "I'll
> install from location of my choice">then browsing to the file path of the
> download.
>
> CH
>
> "Wyndham" <Wyndham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B1FA8788-02BD-4D0D-A882-9A8CE13912FA@microsoft.com...
> > After downloading a file (e.g. driver updates) to my PC, the file
> > disappears
> > as soon as the download completes.
> >
> > I have tried downloads from different sites, tried changing the suffix to
> > .xxx or .zip but they all disappear.
> >
> > Any ideas? I really do need to be able to update the drivers to Vista
> > versions!!!
>
>
>

If the user is running as a user account (not with administrative privileges)
is it possible that UAC is deleting the file as a protection from new system
files?
--
Keeping the Fun in Dysfunctional...


"Chad Harris" wrote:

> Wyndamn--
>
> Had you told us the driver and site where you downloaded from, I could have
> told you the file probably. They don't disappear; they often go to less
> intuitive locations like a %temp% in runbox folder or somewhere like
> C:\Dell\Drivers or similar places with cute names in the file path.
>
> Tell me the driver and where you download it from and where your Vista or XP
> whatever OS is located and I'll find the driver. A number of things in
> Vista also show up in subfile locations of C:\Users\Wyndamn's profile name
> or names in Vista depending on the drive or partition it's parked on.
>
> You also can get a tip before you run the download by looking at the
> dialogue box and noting the name of the driver file and often it will name
> where it's going. You can help yourself with the dialogue box by making a
> file on the desktop called Wyndam's drivers and sending them there if you
> want.
>
> Either way.
>
> Tip:
>
> With respect to Vista a number of us have noticed drivers seem to install
> better when you use a wizard (New HDW, New Printer, ect) by selecting "I'll
> install from location of my choice">then browsing to the file path of the
> download.
>
> CH
>
> "Wyndham" <Wyndham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B1FA8788-02BD-4D0D-A882-9A8CE13912FA@microsoft.com...
> > After downloading a file (e.g. driver updates) to my PC, the file
> > disappears
> > as soon as the download completes.
> >
> > I have tried downloads from different sites, tried changing the suffix to
> > .xxx or .zip but they all disappear.
> >
> > Any ideas? I really do need to be able to update the drivers to Vista
> > versions!!!
>
>
>

I am having the same problem. Any file downloaded from any site vanishes upon
compleation. I have installed firefox and it works just fine. I have run all
the adware, spyware, virus software to no avail. Ithink this is an IE problem
since firefox works. I would, however, like to find a solution for this.
Thanks
--
Some say I''m crazy, I say it''s just a state of Mind!


"Wyndham" wrote:

> After downloading a file (e.g. driver updates) to my PC, the file disappears
> as soon as the download completes.
>
> I have tried downloads from different sites, tried changing the suffix to
> .xxx or .zip but they all disappear.
>
> Any ideas? I really do need to be able to update the drivers to Vista
> versions!!!

The default download site using Internet Explorer in Vista appears to be
C:\user\. However, there are several folders under that, and any one of them
may end up with the file. Go figure.

"dmte" wrote:

> I am having the same problem. Any file downloaded from any site vanishes upon
> compleation. I have installed firefox and it works just fine. I have run all
> the adware, spyware, virus software to no avail. Ithink this is an IE problem
> since firefox works. I would, however, like to find a solution for this.
> Thanks
> --
> Some say I''m crazy, I say it''s just a state of Mind!
>
>
> "Wyndham" wrote:
>
> > After downloading a file (e.g. driver updates) to my PC, the file disappears
> > as soon as the download completes.
> >
> > I have tried downloads from different sites, tried changing the suffix to
> > .xxx or .zip but they all disappear.
> >
> > Any ideas? I really do need to be able to update the drivers to Vista
> > versions!!!

Hi,
I have found that;in addition to that; if the download does not have a
valid digital signature; IE7+ (Vista IE7) will not allow the download to
actually "download". It will let it go all the way;like it's
downloading-stop-chk it for a valid digisig-and if not-POOF-gone!!!! This is
really bothersome; in fact;Office 2007 does not have a valid digital
signature!!!! LOL from MS too.
There is a workaround for it though. In internet options> adanced tab>
scroll down to security; you will see a box that says- Check downloaded
programs for digital signature-for some reason; it is enabled(checked) by
default-on my pc;at least. Just uncheck it; and if it's a digital signature
issue;IE7+ will let it continue.
Three times;440Mb Office Pro Plus--POOF-gone; before I figured that
out!!!

Jeff

"JackM" <JackM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EC8B9165-26FF-4794-BA03-672D84A9DB82@microsoft.com...
> The default download site using Internet Explorer in Vista appears to be
> C:\user\. However, there are several folders under that, and any one of
> them
> may end up with the file. Go figure.
>
> "dmte" wrote:
>
>> I am having the same problem. Any file downloaded from any site vanishes
>> upon
>> compleation. I have installed firefox and it works just fine. I have run
>> all
>> the adware, spyware, virus software to no avail. Ithink this is an IE
>> problem
>> since firefox works. I would, however, like to find a solution for this.
>> Thanks
>> --
>> Some say I''m crazy, I say it''s just a state of Mind!
>>
>>
>> "Wyndham" wrote:
>>
>> > After downloading a file (e.g. driver updates) to my PC, the file
>> > disappears
>> > as soon as the download completes.
>> >
>> > I have tried downloads from different sites, tried changing the suffix
>> > to
>> > .xxx or .zip but they all disappear.
>> >
>> > Any ideas? I really do need to be able to update the drivers to Vista
>> > versions!!!