I have a habit of either hibernating or putting my laptop on sleep , which causes problems at times. The problem is mostly related to browsers due to issues in temporary files. So, if Google Drive is zipping files forever on your PC, you should start by restarting your computer.
I know, I know The zip downloads fail for most users due to the unintuitive nature of the download steps. The initial steps are logical i. Google Drive will then start zipping your files. You will receive a Leave site pop-up at the top. Normally, pop-ups make sense with a yes or no button. But here things are different. You are offered two options — leave and cancel.
A regular user would think that the download for the zipped files will be canceled by clicking on the Leave button. So they click on Cancel. Pressing the Cancel button will stop the downloads. As strange as it may sound, you have to click on Leave. Doing that will start the download process of the zipped files. Step 4: If the pop-ups are blocked, click on the Add button next to Allow. Thankfully, the problem is relatively easy to fix. In this quick and straightforward guide, I will show you how to fix the problem you cannot download from Google Drive in the Microsoft Edge browser.
Blocking cookies is the main reason for not downloading files from Google Drive in the Microsoft Edge browser. To fix it, we need to unblock the 3 rd Party cookies or exclude Google Drive cookies. Here is how to do it. If you often download files from the internet or receive files as email attachments, you might want to completely stop your PC from blocking your files. To stop Windows 10 from blocking you from opening your files, you need to prevent it from adding Zone Information to the files you download.
You must be signed in as an administrator or you should request administrator rights to be able to stop downloaded files from being blocked.
From there, type "Regedit" and click Enter. A User Account Control prompt will pop up. When this prompt appears, click the Yes button to continue. If the Attachments key is absent within the Policies key, you'll have to create it. To do this, right-click on the Policies key, click New , click Key. This will create a new key, which you should then name "Attachments". If you find that the Attachments key is already present, you can skip to the next step.
Name it "SaveZoneInformation" and click Enter. Finally, to disable the Attachment Manager in Windows 10, double-click on the newly-created SaveZoneInformation value and change its value data to 1. Google Chrome uses some built-in protective measures to scan the file before downloading, and this can help protect your computer from malicious files that contains virus or malware.
However, if you are sure the downloading file is safe, but Chrome keeps blocking the download, you can learn below how to stop Chrome from blocking downloads in Step 1. You can open Google Chrome browser on your computer.
Click the three-dot icon at the top-right corner in Chrome, and click Settings. Step 2. Step 3.
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