How to save .zip files (IE6 opens them)

[dazed]

Operating in the new XP Home SP2 . . . First download of
a zip file went OK - saved to hard drive as intended.
Subsequent ones opened automatically and did not give me
the opportunity to save them. I can right-click and
select save-link-as, but this is a little tedious -

What mechanism is there to reset the appropriate IE6 zip
file "setting" back to "save as"?

Thanks -

 

[Alan Edwards]

You set this for each file type, e.g. for .zip
Explorer-View-Folder Options-File Types
Find the .zip association (may be WinZip File)
Edit, (or click Advanced on ME or XP) and check the "Confirm open
after download" box

The path to Folder Options may vary according to your operating
system. It may be:
Explorer-View-Folder Options
Explorer-Tools-Folder Options
Start-Settings-Folder Options
Start-Settings-Control Panel-Folder options.

....Alan

 

[PA Bear]

Odd that SP2's Information Bar and/or Attachment Manager didn't still
intervene on subsequent downloads of zip files:

Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Network Protection
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2netwk.mspx

Browsing Security Enhancements
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2brows.mspx

How the Attachment Manager works in WinXP SP2
(affects downloading in IE, too)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260

 

[dazed]

You set this for each file type, e.g. for .zip
Explorer-View-Folder Options-File Types
Find the .zip association (may be WinZip File)
Edit, (or click Advanced on ME or XP) and check the "Confirm open
after download" box

Thanks . . . I'd already checked this out (suggested in a Microsoft
Knowledge Base article). The "confirm open after download" box was
already checked and is still checked.

Any other suggestions are welcome.

 

[dazed]

Odd that SP2's Information Bar and/or Attachment Manager didn't still
intervene on subsequent downloads of zip files:

Not sure what either the "Information Bar" and "Attachment Manager"
are - but it does appear that this behavior is not by design and is
certainly different from pre-SP2 versions.

 

[PA Bear]

Not sure what either the "Information Bar" and "Attachment Manager"
are - but it does appear that this behavior is not by design and is
certainly different from pre-SP2 versions.

I believe it *is* by design and yes, it is different from IE6
(SP1)...intentionally:

Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
Browsing Security Enhancements
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2brows.mspx

WinXP SP2: What's New for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sp2/ieoeoverview.mspx

How the Attachment Manager works in WinXP SP2
(includes downloading in IE!)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260

Programs that may behave differently in WinXP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=884130

Some programs seem to stop working after you install WinXP SP2
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=842242
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Are You Ready for WinXP SP2?
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

WinXP SP2 Release Notes
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;835935

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