Daniel wrote:
Paul B. Gallagher wrote on 18/08/2018 5:30 AM:
Ray_Net wrote:
This is my idea also .... replacing double-backslash by
single-backslash could destroy the pref.js file ...
This is what I have in my pref.js file:
user_pref("browser.download.dir",
"C:\\ADDON\\ADDED\\Mozilla-Suite\\SeaMonkey\\2.0.2");
user_pref("browser.download.lastDir",
"C:\\ALLDATA\\RandoEvasion\\INSCRITS");
If you don't trust it, don't do a global search and replace. Try it
with the one pref you're interested in and see what happens. If that
fixes the problem, you can go back and apply the fix throughout the file.
To Mark's question: the backslashes are single in about:config.
From what we've seen so far, the download failed for some reason,
that's why the OP can't find the file (it's not there). My chief
suspect at this point is the double backslashes -- if SM tries to save
the file to a nonexistent directory or an invalid path, it will fail.
But then it should throw an error to alert the user, even if the
setting is "don't ask."
I have no expertise in Linux; my remarks refer only to the Windows
installation.
As suggested by others, I looked in about:config and, sure enough, while
looking in prefs.js,I got double slashes, when I looked in about:config,
I got ...
browser.download.lastDir; user set String
C:\Users\Daniel\Downloads
Single slashes ... just doesn't work for downloading SeaMonkey from the
SeaMonkey-Project download page. Other downloads, things work fine!!
It does seem rather odd.
Using SeaMonkey 2.49.4 on Linux, I just went to
<https://www.seamonkey-project.org/> and clicked the download link for
SeaMonkey 2.49.4 "Windows, English (35 MB)" in the top right corner. I
was prompted whether to open or save the file and, having selected
"Save", where to save it to (depending on preferences, you might not be
prompted). The <SeaMonkey Setup 2.49.4.exe> file downloads fine, so
there doesn't seem to be any problem with the server (the file is
actually around 41MB, but that's probably just an error in the text on
the page; the checksum matches the en-US version).
Have you checked for site-specific download locations in Data Manager?
Tools > Data Manager. Select domain "mozilla.net" and then on the
"Preferences" tab remove any "browser.download.lastDir" entry. Do the
same for domain "mozilla.org". If the directory doesn't exist or isn't
accessible, I think it usually switches to the default download
directory, but I'm not entirely certain of that if you have it set not
to ask. Although you're clicking the link from seamonkey-project.org,
the download is actually from download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net - hence
checking the mozilla.net domain. Repeating for mozilla.org is just in
case it helps, since that's where the archive downloads are hosted.
A couple of other thoughts... Is it possible that your anti-virus
software is blocking the download, aborting it part way through, or
moving the file to quarantine after the download completes? I'd still
expect something to appear in SeaMonkey's Download Manager though, even
if the file wasn't completely downloaded, but I guess something could be
blocking the connection to download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net before the
download even starts.
Try downloading from the archive instead:
<https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/seamonkey/releases/2.49.4/win32/en-US/SeaMonkey%20Setup%202.49.4.exe>
(for the Windows US English version).
Do the Linux or MacOS download links from
<https://www.seamonkey-project.org/> work for you? I know they're not
likely to be much use to you, but it might help indicate whether the
problem is with that specific file, or everything from
download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net.
--
Mark.
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