Safari Ignores Downloads

If I click a link to start downloading files (even the ones on Apple's website), the file doesn't start, the page simply reloads. This is irritating because I have to Ctrl-click the link and select Save File to Desktop, and even more irritating for websites that make you click a push-button to download files. Anyone else having this problem?

Hi Dave,
You probably had SpeedDownload installed and didn't use the uninstaller to remove it.
Try downloading the installer from yazsoft.com using the ctrl-click method and re-run the installer (you'll have an option to Uninstall).

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