Comments on: Firefox Download Window Bug

By: aaron

aaron — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:21:39 +0000

Thanks for this fix, however when I was fixing it, the file was not downloads.rdf, instead it was: downloads.sqlite .

However deleting that fixed the problem, might want to include that in the main post for others to see.

By: Des

Des — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:52:29 +0000

Thanks a lot, this problem was very confusing and I couldn't find the solution anywhere else. Not used to having issues with Firefox, it's usually a good browser.

By: Juan Carlos Rubio

Juan Carlos Rubio — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:38:09 +0000

Thanks! just whtat i was looking for :)

By: Marko

Marko — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:18:26 +0000

Excellent solution. It didn't quite solve the problem for my Mac running 2.0.0.16, but I took an additional step (found on another bug site), and the two steps together solved the problem.

1) Quit Firefox and delete the "downloads.rtf" file.

2) Restart Firefox and in "Preferences" choose another download location.

When I performed only step 1, the "Downloads" window came up, but would not display a test download. When I added step 2 the "Downloads" window came up and showed BOTH test files I had downloaded.

Thank you again!

By: Mizton

Mizton — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:43:06 +0000

I tried deleting downloads.sqlite (by the way there were 2 folders with that file), and now it got worse... nothing happens when i click "save as". One of the files doesn't regenerate... dunno what to do, any ideas?

By: locutus

locutus — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:26:31 +0000

This solution worked great. I had exactly the same problem and thought it was related to a Firefox upgrade or add-on. Deleting the downloads.rdf fixed the problem. Thank you very much for your help.

By: Solved: Firefox Downloads Window Empty « abriskwok

Solved: Firefox Downloads Window Empty « abriskwok — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:13:57 +0000

[...] around, I came across a widely acclaimed solution, which was to delete the xml file which stores the information I was supposed to be seeing; supposing it was corrupted. [...]

By: jonas

jonas — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:22:30 +0000

well i gotta say thanks man! ive had this problem for like 6 months now never did find the solution till i see this site!

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:11:25 +0000

It didn't work for me. I can still download, but no window and it didn't replace the file.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:08:56 +0000

much thanks! genious!