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Here is a link I placed on one of my posts: http://lloydsplace.com/quickupload.zip

When I click this link it goes nowhere. But if I copy the text of the link and paste it in the address bar of the browser, it works.

One more weird thing: If I change the link to https:// (which my site does not support) the browser will give safety warnings and when you do the whole advanced->proceed anyway thing... it works!

This is more than enough to qualify for my daily weird, of which there is always at least one.

Probably security limitations of the browser. Http is basically forbidden nowadays. Letsencrypt can get you a free certificate for https.

CORS or CSP might be involved.

Works with Firefox and Internet Download Manager. It appears Internet Download Manager handles the download in the background eliminating the issue. If I turn off Internet Download Manager Firefox reports a security risk and aborts the download. Not sure if this is helpful but I thought I would point it out.