problem opening microsoft download manager

If you enable 'Ask where to save each file before downloading' under Menu > Settings > Downloads (or by loading edge://settings/download), you will get the file browser interface instead. By default, files get downloaded automatically and without user prompt. The response of the browser depends on the downloads setting. When you start a download in the new Edge currently, you will notice that it is either downloaded directly to the designated downloads folder or that a file browser window is opened to pick a folder for the download. So far I'm about 20% finished at a steady 760kbps, while the download manager is floundering around over and over.The new Microsoft Edge web browser that is based on Chromium handles downloads differently than the classic version of Edge. Has anyone seen any problem like this? I found the direct link to the file in this thread and I'm downloading from that right now. I have a fast 10mb connection on Comcast cable. Downloading at the same time from both computers produces random 'connecting' and 'pausing' on both systems at different times. I have an XP system as well, and it has exactly the same problem. I've got a Vista 64 SP1 system with all patches that shows this problem. Today the most recent symptom is the download manager will pause itself! I suppose this might be some mechanism if the download server is busy, but it still never changes the fact that I can never get past 99%. If I try to resume 3 or 4 more times, it will eventually restart, and then just go back to hanging again. Sometimes, it will fail to resume and give me an error: 'Could not resume, the file has changed on the server.'.

After that it will never download any more data. The most maddening part is, I can repeat the pause/resume game over and over until it gets to 99%. If I pause the download and then resume it, the data starts to flow again no problem.

Every 3rd time or so, it will never, ever, resume. The problems start to happen when the download manager stops and says 'connecting'. I get through all of the webpages ok, and the 'download manager' launches fine. After several days and many, many, attempts I still have not succeeded. Several of my systems have been having trouble downloading the Windows 7 beta.

Problem opening microsoft download manager