Fail to download multi pdfs from Google Scholar at the same time

Hello,
I met this problem today:
when I want to download multi pdfs from Google Scholar at the same time, if many pdfs are from same source, like researchgate.net, only the first one can be downloaded.

I found the reason is that when zotero tries to download these pdfs, pdfs from same source will have an exactly same filename, like researchgate.net, instead of papers' titles. And this may lead to failure because a file with the name already exists.

I'm not sure if there is some setting problem in my chrome or zotero. I have tried all the day. I hope someone may help. Thanks a lot.
  • same filename shouldn't matter (Zotero downloads every PDF into an individual folder). What's a google scholar search for which this happens? (both URL for the search and the search terms you're using, to be safe)
  • Thanks for reply.
    Actually it doesn't rely on the content. When I search something in google scholar, some pdfs will have same source name, like [PDF] researchgate.net. I can download these pdfs by clicking these names. But if I use Zotero connector to download them together, only first pdf can be downloaded. And at the right-down cornor, there are red forks in those failed pdfs.

    this is just an example of search:
    https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=life+cycle+cost+deck&hl=zh-CN&as_sdt=0,37&oq=life+cycle+cost+

    if you download those pdfs from [PDF] researchgate.net with zotero, it doesn't work.
  • Sorry for the long delay but in that search, the first PDF from RG works for me. The second one doesn't, but that's because the link doesn't go to a PDF, so this appears to be working as it should (note that you'll need to update translators from the General tab of the preferences -- this was broken completely for the last 2 weeks)
  • Thanks a lot. I have tried just now but it seems not to work still. I maybe check next few days later. Thanks for this.
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