Windows 10: How do I stop Windows from blocking all my downloads mid download?

Hello,


I am experiencing a recurring issue with my downloads whenever I download something from the internet. This issue is consistent across browsers and also happens in some third party applications, for example whenever I try to update my AMD Radeon Software for which I have added an exception to the firewall. To resolve this I have to completely uninstall my software and install it back from their site, which again does not work, or if by some miracle the installation of their installer is successful then the install process of the app itself fails due to a network error.


In Chrome downloads stop mid-process with a Network Error message. If I resume the download enough times for it to finish, the error changes to Forbidden and I am unable to open the file. This issue is extremely frustrating as I am a developer and I deal with a lot of applications and downloads.


Things I have tried:

Restarting the computer and router.

Changing the download location.

Turning of Windows Defender Firewall, all three categories domain, private, public.

Checking that the Download option is set to Allow in Internet Properties - Security.


It is important to note that I have no third party anti-virus applications installed at this point and the downloads do succeed in incognito mode. Although if I turn off all my Chrome extensions the downloads still fail.

:)

 

Windows 10 forced download

To stop the download, uninstall the KB3035583 update (under "Control Panel > Windows Update > Installed Updates").


To get rid of the C:\$Windows.~BT folder:

• Right-click on your C: drive.
• Select "Properties".
• Click on [ Disk Cleanup ]
• After the initial scan: If you have a [ Clean up system files ] button, click it and wait for the second scan to finish.
• Scroll down the list and look for "Temporary Windows installation files" (its size should be in the gigabytes range); check the box.
• Click on [ OK ] to start the clean-up.

 

Internet Downloads

Thanks all for the useful suggestions, i certainly can understand the idea of refreshing downloads. I wish Firefox had that little button lol. Now i'll try and download Warrock (a great FREE game) with download manager though (annoyingly) firefox is now downloading without buggering up!
I just did a few spyware scans which though didn't stop the probs it probably did stop all thoses bloody programs from using the internet and slowing it down.

 

Windows 10 forced download

^This, then reboot and go to manually update windows. Find KB3035583 in the list of available updates, right-click and "Hide this update" so it doesn't get installed again next go around.