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How to fix the download arrow. Won't show me recent downloads even though I would have downloaded a file. Help please.

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I recently downloaded a zip file and when I unzipped the file my arrow stopped showing me recent downloads. It will show the effect of me clicking but won't show any files that I may have recently downloaded. Please help as this is the fastest way for me to do my schooling and work when I am given documents.

I recently downloaded a zip file and when I unzipped the file my arrow stopped showing me recent downloads. It will show the effect of me clicking but won't show any files that I may have recently downloaded. Please help as this is the fastest way for me to do my schooling and work when I am given documents.

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It won't even show that........scratch that it just now started to work. I restarted my pc to uninstall some programs so that may have done the trick.

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If the list attached to the arrow is cleared, does the link "Show All Downloads" appear and let you view the earlier downloads? The keyboard shortcut for that is Ctrl+j if you are a keyboard person.

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It won't even show that........scratch that it just now started to work. I restarted my pc to uninstall some programs so that may have done the trick.