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Preventing IE from d/l-ing to temp
Name: narnar2000 Date: April 25, 2003 at 09:06:20 Pacific OS: Win 2000 Pro CPU/Ram: Athlon 1 GHz/512
Comment:
Hi, In IE, when I click on a link that points to a non-HTML file, such as a zip file, IE attempts to d/l the file to a temp folder instead of asking me where I want it saved to. This behaviour is new, so I'm sure I clicked a checkbox or something that makes it do this. The question is, how do I undo this setting? I looked in Tools -> Internet Options (of course) but found nothing that helps...
Name: RayMan Date: April 25, 2003 at 11:01:26 Pacific
Reply:
right click on the file and choose "copy to folder".
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Response Number 2
Name: narnar2000 Date: April 25, 2003 at 11:23:46 Pacific
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I don't know what that option is - I have 'Save Target As'... Anyway, that doesn't solve my problem. Some sites don't provide a link to the file but instead start the download automatically, which in my case, goes straight to the temp folder.
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