Chrome blocking downloads with Network failed error
Something, not clearly abiding by Google’s rigorous standards of safety and thus, flagged as inappropriate is acceptable but forcefully deciding for someone what is good and what not raises doubts about one’s practice. Here’s what you can try to get around the problem. Enabling File Download in Security Settings. For this, press ‘Win+R‘ shortcut keys to open ‘Run‘ dialog box. Type ‘inetcpl.cpl‘ and hit enter.
When directed to ‘Internet Properties‘ dialog box, switch to ‘Security‘ tab, choose ‘Internet‘ in the zone, and then click on ‘Custom Level’.
Then, look for the ‘Downloads’ option and when found, check the ‘Enable‘ option.
Download Failed: Network Error in Google Chrome
If Chrome is blocking downloads and the above solutions do not work or fail to yield the desired results, try the following. This post offers additional suggestions to fix File Download Errors on the Google Chrome browser. This should solve your problem, finally!
