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File won't download from Google Drive? Here's how to fix that

If your browser is suddenly refusing to download files from Google Drive, there's likely a very simple reason.

Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNETChances are, if you suddenly can't download files from Google Drive, something was changed in your Privacy & Security settings. Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNETIn Settings > "Privacy and security" scroll down until you see "Sites allowed to use third-party cookies" and click Add. Screenshot by Jack Wallen/ZDNETIf you find any other sites that are not behaving as expected (after you've set your browser to block third-party cookies), add an exception for that address and it should go back to functioning as normal.

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