Re: [BUG?] IE change file extension during download

In news:udhF0zNhFHA.2472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Dario de Judicibus <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I have several files in my site whose extension is PKG. They are
> zip-compressed files that are used by an application of mine. When my
> users download them by IE, the browser RENAME the extension to
> ZIP!!!!!!
> The file is no more usable by the application and I have to ask my
> users to rename back it to PKG. How to prevent such curious behaviour?
>
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> Dr. Dario de Judicibus - Italy (EU)
> Site: http://www.dejudicibus.it/
> Blog: http://lindipendente.splinder.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dunno but you might want this link as this is not really Microsoft but
rather it's just a bunch of us end-users helping each other.

Report:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/contactbug

Galen
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"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes


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