Edge downloads not completing after update

Anonymous
2023-12-09T16:33:27+00:00

Edge suddenly stopped completing downloading PDFs after update yesterday. Cant uninstall. All files remain as "Unconfirmed XXXXX.crdownload". Tried all usual fixes, AV, clear history, turn off all extensions, repair/reinstall, different folder, etc. Chrome and all other browsers save just fine! Saving as webpages works fine too, just save as PDF does not.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-12-15T01:42:05+00:00

    Edge suddenly stopped completing downloading PDFs after update yesterday. Cant uninstall. All files remain as "Unconfirmed XXXXX.crdownload". Tried all usual fixes, AV, clear history, turn off all extensions, repair/reinstall, different folder, etc. Chrome and all other browsers save just fine! Saving as webpages works fine too, just save as PDF does not.

    I am having the same issue of receiving "Unconfirmed XXXXX.crdownload" files and am unable to print to .pdf directly the WEB, but found that when selecting print, in the print drop down menu go to "Microsoft print to pdf" and enter Save, it appears to work, I tried it a few times and works. I am not sure about format integrity compared to just printing to .pdf. However, I agree that since a "certain" MS recent update - not sure which one, we can no longer print an email directly to .pdf I notice that it must be recent because all the comments on this community forum it appears to be within the last 2 weeks. I am printing to .pdf from Yahoo Mail and Gmail using MS WIN 11 and EDGE - Henry G

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-14T21:13:42+00:00

    Thank you for the Microsoft Print workaround! I've wasted so much time trying to figure out why I could suddenly no longer complete the simple and extremely necessary task of saving PDFs.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-14T18:02:20+00:00

    I'm following as I am having the same Issue, save as PDF is superior and I would like to keep it that as Microsoft option is not compatible due to encryption issues with my company. This started happening after the update. Is there a way I can go back to a previous version of Edge?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-12-14T15:51:55+00:00

    Simply Copy - Pasting the bad file in the same location worked for me. I need the save to pdf option as it is editable instead of the image that microsoft print to PDF results in.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-12-13T21:20:48+00:00

    This setting is managed by the IT at the company. It is already set to the "ON" position and cannot be changed. Obviously this is related to a recent update. Hopefully you'll come up with a global fix soon.

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