html download instead of mod files?

[fr33rang3r]

I have attempted several downloads from the Fallout 4 section and each time I am getting a warning that only an html file has been downloaded and attempted installs, of course, fail. It shows a .7zip file in my downloads folder, but attempting to open these files with 7zip leads to an error message stating it cannot be opened.

 

Any help appreciated.

Edited May 1, 2019 by fr33rang3r

[Pickysaurus]

Hi there,

 

Are you downloading manually or via a mod manager?

 

This seems to happen intermittently for users but we've never been able to pin down a cause. Can you try a different browser or turn off any addon you might have enabled?

 

Please note, right clicking and choosing "Save Link as..." won't work on mod pages as the download link is created after you click the button.

Edited May 1, 2019 by Pickysaurus
Right click information added.

[fr33rang3r]

Sorry for the late reply.

 

I was using MO2 and selecting Mod Manager Download. I was able to use the manual download button to continue getting mods. As of right now (5/2/19) the Mod Manager Download button is working for me again.

 

I am using Firefox 66.0.3 (64-bit). The only extension I have running is located here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-background-light-text/

 

Let me know if I can help further.

 

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I was mistaken there are several extensions/addons running:

 

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firefox-pioneer/

 

https://github.com/andrewbrey/netflix-tweaked

 

https://github.com/samueljun/tomato-clock

 

http://www.openh264.org/

 

https://www.widevine.com/

 

I'm fairly certain the last two are stock Firefox addons.

 

I am also using the included Dark theme for Firefox.

Edited May 2, 2019 by fr33rang3r

[Pickysaurus]

It is strang, there's nothing there that would indicate a problem (as far as I know). If it does happen again please try a different browser to confirm if it's exclusively a Firefox issue.

[thespartanpenguin]

Is there a fix for this? I'm having the same issue, I used Chrome and Edge to download files and just randomly some of my downloads are HTML only inside after extract
11 out of 64 mods all downloaded today 
All the best
James J

[Pickysaurus]

  On 2/27/2025 at 7:18 PM, thespartanpenguin said:

Is there a fix for this? I'm having the same issue, I used Chrome and Edge to download files and just randomly some of my downloads are HTML only inside after extract
11 out of 64 mods all downloaded today 
All the best
James J

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You've bumped an issue from 5 years ago, so your issue is almost certainly something different. Please provide examples so we can try and replicate your issue.