Re: .exe files on the webserver

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From: Stephen Moss (cmmsdm_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 06/08/04 

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 00:54:27 +0100

Hi Jonathan

Thanks, that seems to be there already, unless I'm looking in the wrong
place !

Regards

Stephen

"Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" <jmaltz@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eQlj7yaTEHA.2580@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> Did you add the following MIME Type?
> EXE
> application/x-msdownload
>
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> "sdm" <stephen.moss@bradford.gov.uk> wrote in message
> news:NVWdnYdI-7WtdVjdSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk...
> > Hi
> >
> > I have a few exe files on my webserver that I need users to be able to
> > download or execute. I am using IIS6 and have tried all the setting I
can
> > find to allow this but still get the 404 page not found error.
> >
> > Advice please on how to get this to work !!
> >
> > Thanks in Advance
> >
> > Stephen
> >
> >
>
>

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