REALLY EASY QUESTION - but hard to search for in Knowledge base

[Phill]

how to I stop haveing the mpg, avi downloads happen IWTHIN
the IE window. before a WinMe install on top of WinMe - it
would bring a progress box, not the bottom left
downloading line in the IE status bar. USED to do this
only for ZIP files. Now it does it for mpg, avi, etc etc

 

[Guest]

this might be related to a checkbox in internet options. security tab
probably.

 

[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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[Guest]

ALMOST - but no cigar. It still downloads WITHIN IE, and
now asks me what I want to do with it - INSTEAD of asking
what I want to do with it BEFORE downloading. Make sense?
PLEASE HELP... it's killing me. (also, in the security
options there's an enable and disable download - what I
need is a PROMPT option that is not there.)

 

[H Leboeuf]

For some additional clues, Select "Problems" on this page.
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/downfile.htm