# Download Window closes itself w/o my permission **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [July 28, 2004, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-window-closes-itself-w-o-my-permission/59079 "2004-07-28T09:10:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![minimalistik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@minimalistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/minimalistik)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-window-closes-itself-w-o-my-permission/59079/1 "2004-07-28T09:10:02Z")
Hey, I have being downloading a couple of files from a site. The file is 17.5mb. The problem lies when its during the downloading process. The small window stays idle on my taskbar and showing how much % of the file has been downloaded. But a few times, it has closed itself down, thus termination the full download of the file. I have not told it to automatically close itself and even if I did so, xp would have initiated the xp download file sound tone. Why and how is it closing itself down? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/download-window-closes-itself-w-o-my-permission/59079/2 "2004-07-28T12:19:20Z")
I assume you are using Internet Exploreer? It’s done that to me before, but I could never figure out while. It usually only happens on really long downloads…it’s like the “operation timed out” or something like that. You could always try a download manager of some kind. I’m sure some people here can recommend a good download manager. Alternatively, you could try a different web browser that also has a download manager. This is not a solution to your problem, only a work-around. -teet