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#119631 8-Jun-2013 11:52
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I'm sorting out how I want my NAS (QNAP TS-112) to work, and one of the things I'm trying to do is have all downloaded files automatically downloaded to the default "Downloads" share.  The first thing I did was to change the location of the Downloads folder in Windows by opening the properties sheet of the Downloads folder (under my users directory), and moving the location to \\QNAP\Download.  This works fine.  The next thing I did was to open Chrome, and check the default download location.  It's pointing to the right place, and all downloads work fine.  However, when I change the default download location in IE10 to download to \\QNAP\Download, it doesn't work.  Whenever I try to download a file, it gets all the way to 100% and then it says "The file couldn't be downloaded", and I'm just left with a partial download.  If I choose Save As when downloading through IE10, and choose a different location on the NAS (such as the Public share), it's the same problem.  However, I can download to local files without problem.

I've searched online for a solution, but nothing really seems to leap out at me.  I'm wondering if there is some security setting in either IE10 or on the NAS which is preventing files from being saved to it from IE10.  As a peripheral, but possibly related issue, if I try to run a downloaded file from the NAS, I have to provide the Windows Administrator password, and then provide the login details for the NAS.  I have my everyday Windows account set as a Standard, rather than Administrator level (for security purposes), and if I change it to an Administrator account, then I don't have to provide the login details to run files downloaded onto the NAS.

It's a bit of a messy issue, but if anyone has any ideas what's going on here, and how I can solve it, that would be great.

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  #832624 8-Jun-2013 12:31
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Can't you use mklink and create a virtual folder on your volume pointing to the NAS?




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  #832638 8-Jun-2013 13:21
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I'm not sure how mklink would help in this situation...

By way of an update, I was poking round the security tab on the properties pages for the Download share, and I realised that the permissions were all unticked. When I tried to change them, it didn't work. I had a look on the NAS administration page, and under Shared Folders settings on the QNAP, I found something called Advanced Folder Permissions. I turned this on, and it let me edit the permissions in Windows for each of the shares. I thought I'd solved it, but I still found that I couldn't save files from IE10 onto the NAS, and I still couldn't run any files downloaded (through Chrome) - it was still asking for the login details for the NAS. After a bit of to-ing and fro-ing, I decided to create another user account for the NAS, separate from the Admin account. I gave this account full privileges. This let me run files downloaded onto the NAS through Chrome, so I guess that solves one of the issues. It's still a mystery why IE10 can't save to the NAS, though.

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  #832640 8-Jun-2013 13:28
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Add another little mystery - when running a file downloaded to the NAS, it wants a login + password. It has the option to "Remember my credentials", which I've ticked, but each time I try to run the downloaded file, it still asks for the login details.

I think I'm going to park this issue for a while, and just have files downloaded to a local drive for the time being, until I can work out what I'm doing wrong...



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  #832641 8-Jun-2013 13:28
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My account is an 'administrator' account and it can save IE10 downloads to my MyBookLive public share.

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  #832642 8-Jun-2013 13:29
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You can create a local folder on your drive that points to a network share. I just tested and it worked for me (from an Administrator command prompt):

 
mklink /D "C:\temp\download" "\\ds212j\public"


Set c:\temp\download as the download default and go for it...






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