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Anytime I try to download a file from codeproject I get the following error message from Windows IE8:

Unable to download download.aspx from www.codeproject.com
Unable to open this internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again.

What is the solution to this issue? Thank you in advance!
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I just tried it in Chrome and IE10, using a D/L: from one of my articles: A multi-selection Drop Down List using a generic Abstract PopUp class[^] and the download worked fine.

If it was a specific article that won't work for you, then post a message here: http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1645/Site-Bugs-Suggestions.aspx[^] and the admins will look into it for you - they read every post there, and probably won't see this here.
 
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If it was a specific article that won't work for you, then post a message here .....


It is not a specific article, it is a generic problem and it is not just Internet Explorer. I have also tried with Firefox.
As
VB
bgoud448
suggests, I think that the problem might be related to the version of windows that people are running, and that this site will only appear to work correctly for people on certain specific operating systems and versions.

I have visited this site from time to time, and as far as I am aware, downloads have not been working properly since around the start of 2014. Before that I didn't visit the site and so I cannot say whether it has ever worked properly.
 
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SoMad 14-Jun-14 0:59am    
This is certainly news to me. I download files from CodeProject all the time and have done so for many years, using different browsers and versions of Windows.

What exactly does not work for you?

Soren Madsen
It happened that I tested the download (from code project) on another laptop (Windows 7 IE8) it showed the same problem. But, once I updated the IE8 to IE9 the problem went away and the download did happen. However, searching the internet I undrestand that windows XP is tied to IE8 and cannot be upgraged to IE9. Does this mean the XP(IE8) cannot download from codeproject or is there a workaround?
 
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This issue is not a file / article specific. I has to do with the IE and it settings. I know that I was able to download from codeproject in the past however, it doesn't work anymore. I assume some setting in IE has been changed due to Windows updates. This issue is being expericed by large number of people but, I have not found a solution that works on the internet.
 
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