‚I’m sorry, Dave. I can’t do that‘
Those using Chrome on Windows and other platforms may have trouble storing files over a network.
For at least the past ten days, Chrome version 109 – the current stable release – has balked when asked to save files using a universal naming convention (UNC) path. A bug report on the issue was submitted January 17, explaining that file saving failed on Chrome 109.0.5414.94 (32bit) for Windows.
Other browsers, specifically Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge (based on Chromium) appear to be able to complete this task properly.
The problem manifests itself after browsing for a file online, clicking on the save option and trying to store the data on a networked shared device or cloud server. As indicated in the bug report, doing so produces an error message that the package cannot be opened because it contains system files.
