Hi Targy
Try the following and see if it will help.
Downloading 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.
Hope this helps.
Jan
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-----Original Message-----
Hi Targy
When I used to start downloading I would get a prompt
asking me is i wanted to save the download to a location,
jnow all of a sudden when I het download it just starts
downloading to a temporary file...how do i restore the
prompt
Try the following and see if it helps.
Not Prompted to Specify Download Folder for File
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx? scid=
http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q1
77/9/76.asp&NoWebContent=1
or for XP....................
Windows Explorer/Tools/Folder Options/File Types/[File Type in
Question]/Advanced. Put a check in the box that reads: Confirm open
after download.
Enable Always Ask Before Opening... (Line 164)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Hope this helps.
Jan
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What file type is it...I am using Windows 2000 and I
can't find the file type to change
