'Always ask before opening' option missing

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Mike Veteto

Can anyone tell me where the setting is that brings up a
window asking - do you want to open or save - when I click
on a URL that plays a video clip. I just upgraded to the
6.0 SP1 version and lost that ability. I don't think it is
related to the new version, just the settings somewhere,
because I had two machines running 5.5 and I was always
asked to choose with one of the machine and never asked
with the other. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. I
have looked everywhere I can think of for that setting.

Thanks,
Mike
 
It's saved in the registry, and also kind of accessible via Explorer's
Tools:Folder Options:File Types menu.

What video type are you concerned about, precisely? Most apps turn off that
Ask dialog to make it simpler for you. You can thus right-click on the link
and choose "Save Target As" if you want to save the link instead.

-Zach
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