Problem with zip files

[Adam]

Hello all,

I am having a strange problem with downloading zip files. Sometimes,
when I click on a zip file, the system is nice and presents a dialog box for
downloading, and other times it seems to download the file, but presents
nothing more than a strange Icon on a windows all its own. The window is
unadorned, and I have no menus at all. No File/Save entry, nothing. In this
case, sometime I can write click on the zip link and download or open the
file. Sometime not. I am using WindowsXP Pro with SP2 by the way. I
installed PKZip for Windows sometime ago, and don't remember if that started
my problems. I know about setting the file type in Windows Explorer and
associating a file type with a program in IE6 too. There seems to be other
ways for a program to associate with a type of file that I don't know about.
Could some kind sole out there help with this problem? When I can't figure
out anything else to do I bring up another brand of browser and it all works
properly.

TIA
Adam

 

[Alan Edwards]

You set this for each file type, e.g. for .zip
Explorer-View-Folder Options-File Types
Find the .zip association
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