Download csv file from Yahoo Finance

[Brenda]

I am running XP and IE 6.0.2800 and recently installed the
latest patch (Q832894) from windows update. Before the
patch I was able to right click on the download
spreadsheet link and use 'save target as' to save in a csv
file. When I try it now I get the following error:

IE can't download filename.csv from finance.yahoo.com.
IE was not able to open this Internet site. The requested
site is either unavailable or cannot be found.

When I click on the link it just opens the data in the
browser window, which takes several steps to get the data
into a csv file.

 

[Da5id]

-----Original Message-----
I am running XP and IE 6.0.2800 and recently installed the
latest patch (Q832894) from windows update. Before the
patch I was able to right click on the download
spreadsheet link and use 'save target as' to save in a csv
file. When I try it now I get the following error:

IE can't download filename.csv from finance.yahoo.com.
IE was not able to open this Internet site. The requested
site is either unavailable or cannot be found.

When I click on the link it just opens the data in the
browser window, which takes several steps to get the data
into a csv file.
.
Where exactly are you in Yahoo finance? When I enter a

quote there is a "Download Data link at the bottom of the
page. Are you trying to click on such a link? Have you
tried right clicking the link and selecting "save target
as..."

 

[PA Bear]

Several posters here have been having the same problem, Brenda. It appears
that Yahoo Finance and even MS Money downloads can't accommodate last week's
Cumulative Security Patch for IE (MS04-004).

There is the possibility however that the interim patch released late today
may help:

Wininet retries POST requests with a blank header
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=831167

To assure a clean install, your anti-virus application should be disabled
and all other running processes closed before going to Windows Update and
when downloading/installing from any MS page. This patch requires a reboot
and will be included in the next Cumulative Patch for IE.
--
HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

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[Dave]

having the same problem.........

FYI, downloaded the patch below.....didn't help.

 

[PA Bear]

Shoot! It was worth a try.

Contact Yahoo.