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True Dough

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5. Chrome doesn't allow me to download attachments at all lately -- except to Google Drive

Reply to teach1st (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 4, 2017, 01:20 AM

Dec 2017

Out of curiosity, I opened my gmail today in Firefox. Guess what? The downloads went to my downloads folder with the click of a button!

So there's something wonky about Chrome, and it strikes me as odd that a Mozilla browser is interacting better with Google-based email than a Google-based browser!

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Chrome to stop third-party software injections because they make it crash [View all] steve2470 Dec 2017 OP

Steve, me again! True Dough Dec 2017 #1

have you done a malware scan with TWO malware scanners lately ? steve2470 Dec 2017 #2

Could be a few things teach1st Dec 2017 #3

Chrome doesn't allow me to download attachments at all lately -- except to Google Drive True Dough Dec 2017 #5

Good. Susan Calvin Dec 2017 #4