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by plpepper

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Yesterday, i was downloading some mp3 files i purchases from a music site. The files downloaded but they downloaded as "all exe" no apparent mp3 extension. I went into windows explorer and renamed them and they appear to play fine now.

I then played around and unchecked Hide Extensions For Known File Types and was then able to download the files with the correct extension from the site.

What would have changed to cause this behavior as I had not updated my options and had downloaded music from this site a few days prior?

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by older mycroft

Most music sites have an download-options window.

If this was a new site you hadn't used before, you may have inadvertently downloaded without checking what format the site was set for.

By the same possibility, a recent Windows Update may have interfered with your online-setup-options for this site, with an emphasis on DRM.

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