HRESULT 0x800C0008 (INET_E_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE): meaning and diagnosis

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The download of the requested resource failed.

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INET_E_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE

INET_E_DOWNLOAD_FAILURE is a URL Moniker HRESULT. It means that the resource transfer did not complete successfully. The connection can have been interrupted, the server can have closed the response, or local processing can have failed while receiving the data.

What to check

Record transfer progress, HTTP status and the first underlying network or storage error.
Retry only when the download is safe to repeat and use resume support when the protocol and server permit it.
Check disk space, cache availability, proxy behavior and server-side timeout limits.

Microsoft documentation

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