Hi Jake
Try the following and see if it helps:
No Save prompt when downloading -
Internet Explorer Opens .exe Files Instead of Downloading Them
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=140991
IE6 opens up downloaded files instead of prompting to save
Courtesy of Jim Byrd:
You need to check this and/or set it for those not checked for each file
type that you download:
Open Windows Explorer and go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to the file type in question, e.g. for .zip
Find the .zip association (may be WinZip File, for this example)
Click on Edit or Advanced, depending on your Windows version, and check
the "Confirm open after download" box
If no joy, then see the information below:
Open a DOS window and enter at the prompt "ipconfig
/flushdns" (without the quotes), then enter at the prompt "ipconfig
/registerdns" (without the quotes). Test and if this has fixed
things, stop here. Else,
Now IF AND ONLY IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WORKING WITH THE REGISTRY, open
Regedit and browse to this key if you have it (I don't currently have a
copy of Win98 installed, so I can't check for you).
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache\Parameters]
If you do and it contains the following keys (not necessarily with these
particular values):
"NegativeCacheTime"=dword:0000012c
"NetFailureCacheTime"=dword:0000001e
"NegativeSOACacheTime"=dword:00000078
then Export this entire entry for backup, and then set each of these
values to dword:00000000
See if that helps. If not merge back the .reg file you exported above
to restore the original values. Please post back with your
actions/results.
If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.
Hope this helps
Jan
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