Download Problem

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Carl M. Thomas

All the time I've been using various versions of IE, when clicking a
download link, I'd get the Download dialog box and immediately a File dialog
box so I could select where to deposit the download, whiuc would then begin
when I'd selected the folder. This is the normal behavior for right
clicking, I gather, but what I was happy with for left clicking as well.
For some reason, last week, the download started happening immediately - at
least on ZIP files; I haven't tried anything else yet. When the download is
complete, the ZIP file opens for extracting, or whatever. While I guess
this is the normal behavior for a left-clicked download link, Does anyone
know how or what I need to reset to get my abnormal default back to where it
was before?

TIA

Carl
 
Carl M. Thomas said:
All the time I've been using various versions of IE, when clicking a
download link, I'd get the Download dialog box and immediately a File
dialog box so I could select where to deposit the download, whiuc
would then begin when I'd selected the folder. This is the normal
behavior for right clicking, I gather, but what I was happy with for
left clicking as well. For some reason, last week, the download
started happening immediately - at least on ZIP files; I haven't
tried anything else yet. When the download is complete, the ZIP file
opens for extracting, or whatever. While I guess this is the normal
behavior for a left-clicked download link, Does anyone know how or
what I need to reset to get my abnormal default back to where it was
before?

TIA

Carl
Click to expand...

Open Windows Explorer and go to Tools | Folder Options | File Types.
Scroll down to the file type in question and select it.
Click Edit or Advanced, depending on your Windows version.
Check the box for "Confirm open after download".

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That did it. Didn't have the problem with an MSI file I downloaded this
afternoon, just the ZIP file. Don't know why it switched, but it's fixed
now.

Thanx

Carl
 
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