window.href.location not working in chrome

Question

Please read the question before flagging as duplicate. I\'m trying to download a file by redirecting with Javascript to a controller action in my ASP.NET MVC3 project. It works

Answer 1

I changed the script with the following:

You see, I added a new controller action, which only controls if the file exists and call the file action. This works across all browsers, at least the ones I have. I don't exactly know, but this might be a bug or security precaution in Chrome.