Internet Explorer now downloading all files to a temporary directory...
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Hello A few days ago perhaps I inadvertently clicked on 'Download files to a temporary folder..' on the IE File Download box while downloading a few files from CNet. Now whenever I download a file, it automatically downloads it first to a temporary folder and opens the file with the associated application. I want to revert to the state where the IE File Download box used to ask me if I wanted to Save the file to disk OR open the file from current location. I did lot of fiddling with IE Options and Registry searches, but nothing obvious stood out to me. I am using IE 6, Win 2kP SP4 . Any suggestions ? Regards Kamal Shankar "God then made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the less light to rule the night" - Genesis 47:3
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Hello A few days ago perhaps I inadvertently clicked on 'Download files to a temporary folder..' on the IE File Download box while downloading a few files from CNet. Now whenever I download a file, it automatically downloads it first to a temporary folder and opens the file with the associated application. I want to revert to the state where the IE File Download box used to ask me if I wanted to Save the file to disk OR open the file from current location. I did lot of fiddling with IE Options and Registry searches, but nothing obvious stood out to me. I am using IE 6, Win 2kP SP4 . Any suggestions ? Regards Kamal Shankar "God then made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the less light to rule the night" - Genesis 47:3
On the Explorer (the shell, not the browser!), choose Tools/Folder Options/File Types, wait until Xmas for the window to open, choose the proper extension, click Advanced, and toggle the "Confirm open after download". You may be asking "WTH did they put this checkbox there?". I only can imagine that there was an internal contest at MS to decide the most creative place where to put this checkbox. This guy won, by far, with a notorious mention on the meeting when they shown the OS to uncle Bill. Trying to make bits uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet. -- Bruce Schneier By the way, dog_spawn isn't a nickname - it is my name with an underscore instead of a space. -- dog_spawn
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On the Explorer (the shell, not the browser!), choose Tools/Folder Options/File Types, wait until Xmas for the window to open, choose the proper extension, click Advanced, and toggle the "Confirm open after download". You may be asking "WTH did they put this checkbox there?". I only can imagine that there was an internal contest at MS to decide the most creative place where to put this checkbox. This guy won, by far, with a notorious mention on the meeting when they shown the OS to uncle Bill. Trying to make bits uncopyable is like trying to make water not wet. -- Bruce Schneier By the way, dog_spawn isn't a nickname - it is my name with an underscore instead of a space. -- dog_spawn
Daniel Turini wrote: On the Explorer (the shell, not the browser!), choose Tools/Folder Options/File Types, wait until Xmas for the window to open, choose the proper extension, click Advanced, and toggle the "Confirm open after download". :wtf: I also love the process you must go through in XP Pro to get access to the security tab when you're not connected to a Domain: Click Start, and then click Control Panel Click Appearance and Themes click Folder Options On the View tab, under Advanced settings, clear 'Use simple file sharing [Recommended]' David
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Daniel Turini wrote: On the Explorer (the shell, not the browser!), choose Tools/Folder Options/File Types, wait until Xmas for the window to open, choose the proper extension, click Advanced, and toggle the "Confirm open after download". :wtf: I also love the process you must go through in XP Pro to get access to the security tab when you're not connected to a Domain: Click Start, and then click Control Panel Click Appearance and Themes click Folder Options On the View tab, under Advanced settings, clear 'Use simple file sharing [Recommended]' David
That took me a while to find as well. I finally did a google search and some college had a mini-users guide for file sharing in XP. What a pain :).
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