File extension changes when downloading .tar.Z file

[Dean Hayes]

Hi There,
I wonder if someone might have seen this before, or know
how to stop this happening?

I am using an internal company ftp site which contains
files which have been tar'd and compressed on a UNIX file
system. They have the file extension '.tar.Z'. When I
download them onto my Windows machine (using IE6) it
changes the file extension to lower case: '.tar.z'

This means that before uncompressing the file on my UNIX
machine I have to change the file name extension back
to '.tar.Z' otherwise uncompress will not uncompress the
file!

Its not a big deal to change the file name, but I wondered
if there is an option to make IE preserve the file
extension - it would be a bit nicer I think.

If anyone has any ideas I would be very pleased to hear
from you!

Thanks in advance,
Dean Hayes.

 

[jopa66]

By default, Explorer displays uppercase (all caps) 8.3 DOS-style filenames
(such as "README.TXT") in a "prettier" format (such as "Readme.txt). If the
filename has more than eight letters (not including the extension), or if
the filename contains at least one space, the capitalization is not
modified. (Note: Windows doesn't actually change the capitalization of any
files, only the way they're displayed in Explorer.) Here's how to turn off
this feature:

Windows 98:

a.. Select Folder Options from Explorer's View menu.
b.. Choose the View tab, and turn on the Allow uppercase filenames option.
Windows 95, Me, 2000, and XP:

a.. Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE).
b.. Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\
CurrentVersion\ Policies\ Explorer.
c.. If it doesn't already exist, create a new DWORD value named
DontPrettyPath. (Edit -> New -> DWORD Value).
d.. Double-click on the DontPrettyPath value, and type 1 for the value.
e.. Close the Registry Editor when you're done. You might have to log out
and log back in for this change to take effect.

f.. To turn the feature back on, change the value data back to 0, or just
delete the value entirely.