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David
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When trying to download .jar files for minecraft they just fail instantly, no reason it just says failed. the downloads work on chrome. it worked a couple days ago and i have not changed anything since then. i have restarted my computer, loaded firefox without addons and refreshed firefox. ive also disabled avg and malwarebytes

When trying to download .jar files for minecraft they just fail instantly, no reason it just says failed. the downloads work on chrome. it worked a couple days ago and i have not changed anything since then. i have restarted my computer, loaded firefox without addons and refreshed firefox. ive also disabled avg and malwarebytes
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hi, could you try to disable parental controls for the affected account?: Unable to download files in Windows 10 when Parental Controls are on

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hi, could you try to disable parental controls for the affected account?: Unable to download files in Windows 10 when Parental Controls are on

David
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I was in a family and have now left it i will see if this worked

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yes thank you it fixed it