Any way to stop "indirect downloading"?

[Doug Warner]

http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DownloadCopy.jpg

At work, or at home: If I download a large file, it apparently saves
it to one location, then spends MORE time copying it to the target
directory. Is there any way to make IE just download the file
directly to the destination, like Netscape does?
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[H Leboeuf]

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.

Source: Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
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Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DownloadCopy.jpg

At work, or at home: If I download a large file, it apparently saves
it to one location, then spends MORE time copying it to the target
directory. Is there any way to make IE just download the file
directly to the destination, like Netscape does?
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[Doug Warner]

Already checked. The file save dialog appears, I select the
destination, and the download begins. (It never tries to execute
instead of download) The issue is that it actually downloads to a
temporary location, ThEN copies the file to the specificied directory
afterward. On a slow system (work), this copy phase can take much
longer than the actual download. (You can see the from/to locations
of the copy in the image below:
http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DownloadCopy2.jpg

What I want to do is tall MISE to download the file DIRECTLY to the
location I specify. I this case, it should be "my documents", not
"GV1BMEZH" as you can see in the image. On my P3-800 system at work,
the unnecessary copy phase takes longer than the actual download,
effectively doubling the time required to retrieve the file.

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.

Source: Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
=============

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Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DownloadCopy.jpg

At work, or at home: If I download a large file, it apparently saves
it to one location, then spends MORE time copying it to the target
directory. Is there any way to make IE just download the file
directly to the destination, like Netscape does?

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[H Leboeuf]

IMHO it will always be cached before completion.
Others may have a fix.


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Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
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Already checked. The file save dialog appears, I select the
destination, and the download begins. (It never tries to execute
instead of download) The issue is that it actually downloads to a
temporary location, ThEN copies the file to the specificied directory
afterward. On a slow system (work), this copy phase can take much
longer than the actual download. (You can see the from/to locations
of the copy in the image below:
http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DownloadCopy2.jpg

What I want to do is tall MISE to download the file DIRECTLY to the
location I specify. I this case, it should be "my documents", not
"GV1BMEZH" as you can see in the image. On my P3-800 system at work,
the unnecessary copy phase takes longer than the actual download,
effectively doubling the time required to retrieve the file.

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.

Source: Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
=============

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Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===

http://webpages.charter.net/dwarner2/DownloadCopy.jpg

At work, or at home: If I download a large file, it apparently saves
it to one location, then spends MORE time copying it to the target
directory. Is there any way to make IE just download the file
directly to the destination, like Netscape does?

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