MSIE 6 opening exe files.

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Garry Jones

For the last few weeks my MSIE has been opening EXE files instead of
running them.

I have searched on the web and found that this was a problem up till
MSIE 5 but I have found no reference to this problem for the latest
updated versions of MSIE 6.

The two items relating to this problem that I can find in the knowledge
base are....

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;140991
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;177976

Those solutions are not valid for MSIE 6.0.2800.1106 so....

Any helped offered greatly appreciated.

Garry Jones
An Englishman in Sweden
 
I am not sure what you mean by opening them instead of running them.
Both seem the same thing to me.

While it may not be relevant, this won't do any harm to try.
Export the keys before deleting for safety.

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If it is only .exe files, then read on and see if this is relevant:
You may have an invalid plugin.
Netscape-Style Plug-ins Do Not Work After Upgrading Internet Explorer
[Q303401]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303401

Remove the plugin with Regedit.exe
Start-Run-Regedit.exe
Navigate down to this key and remove it, after exporting it as a
normal safety precaution.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Plugins\Extension\.exe

If that key exists, then you will see what plugin has been installed.
The key does not normally exist.

If not only .exe files, try this:
Blank Web Page with Placeholder Icon and You Cannot Save a File to
Disk
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;316537

....Alan
 
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