How to open a crdownload file in Windows 10
Browsers can download files, and some have pretty decent download managers built in. While you'll find a download manager in most modern browsers, the way the browser handles a download will be different from browser to browser. The files, when downloading, should be stored somewhere until the download is complete and the file is ready for use. Some browsers choose to keep the file hidden while downloading, while others, like Chrome, create a file at the download location that represents the current download. This file has the extension crdownload.
crdownload file
A crdownload file is a temporary file created by Chrome. This file will exist on your system as long as a download is in progress. Each downloaded file has its own crdownload file and each is given a different name. When the download is complete, the crdownload file is replaced with the name of the actual file you were downloading.
Open the crdownload file
If you see a crdownload file on your desktop, or in any other folder, it indicates one of four things;
- A file is downloading in Chrome
- A file was downloading in Chrome, but the browser crashed before the download was complete.
- An interrupted download in Chrome.
- The download failed and Chrome was unable to clean up the residual crdownload file.
In all four cases, you will not be able to open the crdownload. In fact, these files should not be opened until the download is complete, simply because there is not all the data. Here is what you can do to open the crdownload file.
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If the download is still in progress, allow it to complete. To check if a download is in progress in Chrome, follow these steps.
- Be sure that Chrome is already open . The browser cannot download files in the background.
- Press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + J to open the Downloads page.
- You will see a list of all recent downloads and all files being downloaded.
- For a file being downloaded, you will see a progress bar and download speed.Let it end.
- If there is a "Resume" and "Cancel" button, click on the “Resume” button. The download has stopped and will be completed when you resume it.
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If the download failed, you can delete the crdownload file and start the download again.
- Open Chrome.
- Press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + J to open the Downloads page.
- Check if any downloads have a "Resume" button. If you see one, click on it.
- If you see a « download at failed ”a message you - below a download, you will not be able to download it resume. Copy the link you see under the download.
- Paste the link in the URL bar in a new tab and press Enter to restart the download.
You might be able to resume a failed download, but not through Chrome. Discover this little trick with Firefox .
> Conclusion
> A crdownload file cannot be opened just because all of the data needed to open the file is not found. More importantly, no application can actually open a crdownload file. If you download a PSD (Photoshop) file and it has the extension crdownload, you will not be able to open it in Photoshop because the application cannot handle this file extension.
