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I'm getting an odd problem when I try to download files from the internet. Typically the file appears to download correctly, but when I try to run it, I get an error message saying

is not a valid win32 application.

On inspection the size of the file is not correct.

Here is an example that I tried 4 times. Only on the 4th attempt did it download correctly:

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The file I happen to be trying to download is the .net framework 1.1, but I've had it happen with others. I am using Firefox, but I get the same problem with IE.

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  • Do you go through a proxy? Can you try "wget" or any download manager?
    – LatinSuD
    Jun 6, 2011 at 12:54
  • No. I don't go through proxy. Would really like to understand why it's happening.
    – Urbycoz
    Jun 6, 2011 at 14:52

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Your picture shows different file sizes -- implies the download failed at times.
Consider using a download manager like DownthemAll

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  • Any idea what could be causing it?
    – Urbycoz
    Jun 6, 2011 at 14:52
  • network timeouts is one guess.
    – nik
    Jun 6, 2011 at 16:31
  • I have DownThemAll installed, and I now get this message for every file I download with it. Firefox's default Download Manager works fine though.
    – travis
    May 4, 2012 at 16:41

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