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by swat3commander

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I HAVE A QUESTION ITS A PROBLEM I HAVE EVERYTIME I WANT TO DOWNLOAD .EXE FILE I DON'T GET IT ALL I GET COMING UP IS HTM AND ITS ONLY 6KB'S WHEN OPEN IT IT JUST OPEN'S THE LINK I AM ALREADY AT THIS IS FOR EXPLORER 5.5 WHEN GETTING MAIL IN WHICH I HAVE TO USE NETSCAPE 4.06 AND IF THE FILE IS A.EXE WHEN DOWNLOAD IS DONE WINAMP OPEN IT UP WINAMP I KNOW WINAMP SHOULD ONLY OPEN MP3'S,WAV, FILES BUT NOT A .EXE WHICH IS A PROGRAM SETUP FILE SO REALLY I HAVE 2 PROBLEM HERE EXPLORER AND NETSCAPE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPEN HERE WITH THAT I HATE TO FORMAT MY DRIVE AGAIN JUST TO GET THINGS BACK TO NORMAL BUT YOU KNOW WHATS FUNNNY I GO TO MP3.COM AND DOWNLOAD A FILE WHICH WORKS THIS IS WHEN USING EXPLORER BUT WITH EXPLORER ANYTHING BUT MP3 FILE FORMAT LIKE .EXE DOES NOT WORK JUST A HTM LINK FILE.

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by pcgirl79

Try right clicking on a link when you download a file and choose "save target as" (IE) or "save link as" (Netscape).

by swat3commander

NOPE IT STILL THE SAME IT MUST BE ONE OF THE EXPLORER 5.5 UPDATES THAT I DOWNLOAD AWHILE BACK THAT HAVE COULD MESS SOMETHING UP WITH THIS WITH NETSCAPE I FIX THAT ALL I DID WAS CLICK ON EDIT AND TO PREFENCES AND APPLICATIONS AND FIX THAT THE PROBLEMI HAD WITH NETSCAPE WAS ANY FILE CAME IN AS EXE WHICH IS A PROGRAM FILE WINAMP OPEN IT WHICH IT WAS NOT A MP3 AVI ECT FILE FOR WINAMP TO OTHER IN THE FIRST PLACE SO I FIX THAT 1 PROBLEM NOW JUST 1 LEFT IS EXPLORER 5.5.

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