What to do when your computer won’t download anything

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Are you having trouble because your computer won’t download anything? Worry not.

Billions of downloads happen almost down to the minute on a global scale. When you get to the point where yourcomputer won’t download anything, even after you’ve tried all you know how to, frustration takes over, and you feel like replacing it with a new one.

Fortunately, there are solutions to fix this problem, and we share them in this article.

My PC won’t download anything: How do I fix that?

Solution 1: Create a new account

Here are the steps you can take to execute this:

Try downloading using the new account.

If this doesn’t work, try doing the following:

Check whether you can download from the newly created account. If they work, then there’s two things to do at this point:

Solution 2: Reset Internet Explorer

If you have any antivirus, antispyware and security products on your computer, sometimes these cause issues whenever they’re uninstalled (or installed) as they leave traces or their file elements behind.

One thing to do when your computer won’t download anything is to reset Internet Explorer.

Here’s how to go about it:

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Solution 3: Use Windows Defender

To use Windows Defender, follow these steps:

The scanner will check or look for any issues within your computer on programs that may not look legit.

Solution 4: Check for malware

Here you can use a malware scanner to check for anymalware infection. Update your malware remover, then use it only to scan for any such suspect files.

Sometimes it could be a BHO or Browse Helper Object, a plugin for Internet Explorer that enhances its capabilities. BHOs are usually abused by spyware programs to monitor and sometimes steal user identity and browsing habits silently, but also slow down your system.

To deal with this issue, get a BHO remover that will identify and remove any spy BHOs present in your computer’s system.

Let us know whether which solutions worked for you.

What to do when your computer won’t download anything#

My PC won’t download anything: How do I fix that?#

Solution 1: Create a new account#

Solution 2: Reset Internet Explorer#

Solution 3: Use Windows Defender#

Solution 4: Check for malware#