Mega downloads a file just to download it again

If you used your browser to download the file to your computer, try again using MEGAsync. Copy the MEGA link, right click MEGA taskbar icon and click Open links, press Submit to paste the link and start download. If it still fails, contact MEGA support as suggested. MEGA Desktop App. Powerful Transfer Manager. Full control over active and completed transfers: prioritise, pause/resume, open, generate links and more. Powerful synchronization tools. Access and work with your data securely across different locations and devices. It’s always on and fully automatic.  · Boured commented on . I recently synced some files using Megasync, and got every single file (over ) except for 2, which are now stuck in an infinite loop of "retrying" and "starting". I've logged in and out, i've cleared my local files, and even checked the web version where it doesn't appear to do it.

I'm still prompted for each and every file I download, still preselected to open the file, with the "do this automatically for files like this from now on" still greyed out. I'd like to change it to the way I had before, or at the very least automatically set all downloads to save into my downloads folder. Downloaded file may be corrupt. In that event, you will not be able to open it. Download the file again. This might solve the problem. Security software may be blocking or hindering the file to open, firstly let us disable the security software and test. Step 1: Disable the security software, follow the steps mentioned below. Answer (1 of 2): This worked for me, found the files at this location (C:\Users\PC\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\File System\), after "File System" you should see lots of folders with numbers, eg ,, , etc, check the most resent number, in my case it was , hope this.

Thankfully, you can restart your download right from where your service abandoned you, and it's very simple if you're using Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari and do-able but more complex in Chrome. MEGA Desktop App. Powerful Transfer Manager. Full control over active and completed transfers: prioritise, pause/resume, open, generate links and more. Powerful synchronization tools. Access and work with your data securely across different locations and devices. It’s always on and fully automatic. Delete some files from your computer. Empty your Bin. 'Insufficient permissions' or 'System busy'. These errors mean that Chrome couldn't save the file to your computer. To fix the error: Cancel the download and try again. Instead of clicking the file to download, right-click the link and select Save link as.