Can't Save PowerPoint Presentation with IE 6

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Ken Applequist

At my school, when I use IE running under Windows XP to open a Web Link
containing a PowerPoint presentation, I'm given the option to either open
the page, or save it to disk.

At home, when I use IE running under Windows XP to open the same
presentation, I'm not given the option to save it to disk, it just opens the
PP presentation in the existing window. Then when I try to save the file to
disk, it saves a file with a "pl" extension which doesn't open for me when I
try to open it after saving.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Is there some kind of an option that
I can set somewhere that will allow me the option of saving to disk when I
open the Web page?
Thanks,
Ken
 
Try this for the file extension you are trying to download.

You set this for each file type, e.g. for .zip
Explorer-View-Folder Options-File Types
Find the .zip association (may be WinZip File)
Edit, (or click Advanced on ME or XP) and check the "Confirm open
after download" box

The path to Folder Options may vary according to your operating
system. It may be:
Explorer-View-Folder Options
Explorer-Tools-Folder Options
Start-Settings-Folder Options
Start-Settings-Control Panel-Folder options.

Source: Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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