When Technology Fails Pdf Download
Lynelle Staudt
This article falls into the "Chrome does odd things when downloading files" category. Every so often, I like to write articles that simply document weird problems and their solutions/workarounds. I figure that if I've encountered the issue and spent time trying to figure it out, some of you will, too. So this is for the folks who spent the last 30 or 40 minutes trying to Google an answer for why Chrome is doing odd things with their downloads and hoping for an answer.
Do I know why my wife's computer got into that weird state? No. Do I know how to return it to that state or when "Open certain file types automatically after downloading" is displayed in Chrome? No. But my wife's happy, and that's all that matters.
This error message usually pops up in the middle of a download. Sometimes, it appears immediately when you click the "download" button. And no matter how many times you try downloading your files, the process keeps failing.
To check if an extension is responsible for this error, enable incognito mode. This will disable all third-party extensions and allow you to browse privately. From there, retry your download and check if the "failed - network error when downloading in chrome" issue persists.