Download problem

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Steve

Using Yahoo Finance, there's an option to Download Spreadsheet. In
IE5, clicking on that would download a .csv file. I'd then click on
the file to open it in Excel.

In IE6, it apparently directs Excel to do the download, opening the
file directly in Excel. Is there a way to change this behavior back
to simply saving the file? Does this maybe have something to do with
the "install on demand" option?

Thanks!
 
Check your file type association for .csv

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.

From: Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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Using Yahoo Finance, there's an option to Download Spreadsheet. In

H Leboeuf said:
Check your file type association for .csv
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The .csv file is associated with Excel, as it was previously under
IE5. I'd like to have IE6 behave similarly, and just download the
file when I click on it.
 
Sandi - Microsoft MVP said:
This is controlled by file type.

Go to My Computer, View, Folder Options, File Type (or Control Panel, Folder
Options depending on your operating system). Search for the affected file
type, highlight it and select edit (or advanced). Turn on the option to
confirm open after download.
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Thanks Sandi. I didn't see a listing for .csv, so I clicked to add
new type, entered csv, then got message: already in use by file type
excel.csv. But there's no excel.csv (or Microsoft Excel csv) listed.
What now? Thanks again!
 
I didn't see a listing for .csv, so I clicked to add new type, entered csv,
then got message: already in use by file type excel.csv.
But there's no excel.csv (or Microsoft Excel csv) listed.
What now?
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Which OS? I think you may be confusing file extensions and file types.
XP has a different presentation to try to make this difference clearer
but you still have to be aware that both objects are possible.

In NTx it has always been possible to use the assoc and ftype
commands in a command window to list many extensions and file types.

For your case you could enter the following commands and see
if the results don't clarify things for you:

assoc | find /i "xls"
ftype | findstr /i "xls excel"

Unfortunately these results won't map exactly to items in the Folder Options
dialog but at least it should give you more information about what exists.

More of the implementation can be exposed by doing finds with RegEdit
within HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
 
Robert Aldwinckle said:
Which OS? I think you may be confusing file extensions and file types.
XP has a different presentation to try to make this difference clearer
but you still have to be aware that both objects are possible.
Win98SE


In NTx it has always been possible to use the assoc and ftype
commands in a command window to list many extensions and file types.

For your case you could enter the following commands and see
if the results don't clarify things for you:

assoc | find /i "xls"
ftype | findstr /i "xls excel"

Unfortunately these results won't map exactly to items in the Folder Options
dialog but at least it should give you more information about what exists.

More of the implementation can be exposed by doing finds with RegEdit
within HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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