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MicrosoftDev Channel update to 84.0.495.2 is live
It's terrible! Since version 84, I can't download .EXE files!!!! Even if the URL starts with HTTPS... Just try anything on SourceForge... How can I continue working? I loved the Dev branch until now. To be able to download EXE files, I now need to open Firefox... Will I always have to live with a browser to download software and one for normal life?
Please allow downloading EXE files, otherwise I can't continue with Edge!
- josh_bodner
VincentBech could you be a little more specific about what the problem is? Are you seeing any errors? Is the download hanging? Does it do anything different if you disable extensions or use an InPrivate window?
josh_bodnerHi, result is the same if I go into Private Mode or if I turn off all extensions. I feel naked without any extension!!! Make a simple test : try to download 7zip :https://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/. I also tried a commercial simulation software (www.flexsim.com), but you need an account.
What happens is this: the download seems to happen, but the browser deletes the file when download is completed. There is no option to keep it. Can that be related to internet settings (from inetcpl.cpl)?
- josh_bodner
VincentBech Okay, so the download appears to complete successfully, but you can't find the file when it's done? I'm not having any trouble downloading from the link you provided, so I still want to make sure it doesn't have anything to do with the way your computer is configured. If you're seeing this in the Dev channel, can you also try in Canary to see if the same thing happens? Or, can you create a new profile in Edge and see if it also happens there? Edge shouldn't share any settings from IE that would affect this.
Calm down. You are using a browser that is the step before the beta version. Errors will occur and if that's not a option for you, you should change to the stable channel.
With that being said, I have downloaded an exe file today with no problems. I recommend you use the feedback button to let Microsoft know what file you can't download. Probably be related to the new SmartScreen filter function.
andersdkYes I seem to panic a little bit, but... Have you read this : https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-to-block-some-http-file-downloads-starting-with-chrome-83/
I thought Microsoft would have done something to bypass the mechanism from Chromium. I have been using the Dev version since last October. Never experienced bugs other than the Paste issue in Gmail last week. Chromium announced EXE would be blocked starting with version 84, and they are effectively blocked... Which is why I am a bit worried for the future!
