Missing ".exe" extension on download

[Guest Bob Howard]

Hi,

 

My daughter gave me her old W2K laptop, and I'm trying to download a program

"xxxxxx.exe" from a web site. The file downloads OK, but without any file

extension ... is just downloads as "xxxxxx" ...

 

I've poked around and cannot figure out what's wrong.

 

I've tried the same download on both Win/XP and Win/Vista computers, and

they work fine.

 

Is there some sort of option I need to set to have the ".exe" preserved??

 

BTW, I also tried this with my antivirus software disabled, and it made no

difference. I also checked my IE, and it's IE 6 with no plugins.

 

Thanks for any help!!

 

bob

[Guest Bob Howard]

Re: Missing ".exe" extension on download

 

addendum,

 

I checked the MIME info for ".exe" (located in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT) and it's

"application/x-msdownload" --- not sure if this is a problem or not...

 

bob

 

"Bob Howard" <info@churchtrax.com> wrote in message

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> Hi,

>

> My daughter gave me her old W2K laptop, and I'm trying to download a

> program "xxxxxx.exe" from a web site. The file downloads OK, but without

> any file extension ... is just downloads as "xxxxxx" ...

>

> I've poked around and cannot figure out what's wrong.

>

> I've tried the same download on both Win/XP and Win/Vista computers, and

> they work fine.

>

> Is there some sort of option I need to set to have the ".exe" preserved??

>

> BTW, I also tried this with my antivirus software disabled, and it made no

> difference. I also checked my IE, and it's IE 6 with no plugins.

>

> Thanks for any help!!

>

> bob

>

[Guest Sid Elbow]

Re: Missing ".exe" extension on download

 

Bob Howard wrote:

> Hi,

>

> My daughter gave me her old W2K laptop, and I'm trying to download a program

> "xxxxxx.exe" from a web site. The file downloads OK, but without any file

> extension ... is just downloads as "xxxxxx" ...

>

> I've poked around and cannot figure out what's wrong.

>

> I've tried the same download on both Win/XP and Win/Vista computers, and

> they work fine.

>

> Is there some sort of option I need to set to have the ".exe" preserved??

>

> BTW, I also tried this with my antivirus software disabled, and it made no

> difference. I also checked my IE, and it's IE 6 with no plugins.

 

Tools > Folder Options > View

 

Uncheck "Hide File Extensions for Known File Types"

[Guest Bob Howard]

Re: Missing ".exe" extension on download

 

 

"Sid Elbow" <here@there.com> wrote in message

news:47d1c47a$0$24681$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...

> Bob Howard wrote:

>> Hi,

>>

>> My daughter gave me her old W2K laptop, and I'm trying to download a

>> program "xxxxxx.exe" from a web site. The file downloads OK, but without

>> any file extension ... is just downloads as "xxxxxx" ...

>>

>> I've poked around and cannot figure out what's wrong.

>>

>> I've tried the same download on both Win/XP and Win/Vista computers, and

>> they work fine.

>>

>> Is there some sort of option I need to set to have the ".exe" preserved??

>>

>> BTW, I also tried this with my antivirus software disabled, and it made

>> no difference. I also checked my IE, and it's IE 6 with no plugins.

>

> Tools > Folder Options > View

>

> Uncheck "Hide File Extensions for Known File Types"

 

That was one of the first things I tried ... but the file has no extension,

so this didn't help.

 

I wasn't that I couldn't see it --- it just plain ain't there!

 

I suspect this is some sort of system integrity thing so that .exe files

couldn't be downloaded and do damage to the system.

 

I turned off all my spyware and antivirus software, and the file is still

received without an extension.

 

bob

[Guest Roger Fink]

Re: Missing ".exe" extension on download

 

 

 

Bob Howard wrote:

> "Sid Elbow" <here@there.com> wrote in message

> news:47d1c47a$0$24681$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...

>> Bob Howard wrote:

>>> Hi,

>>>

>>> My daughter gave me her old W2K laptop, and I'm trying to download a

>>> program "xxxxxx.exe" from a web site. The file downloads OK, but

>>> without any file extension ... is just downloads as "xxxxxx" ...

>>>

>>> I've poked around and cannot figure out what's wrong.

>>>

>>> I've tried the same download on both Win/XP and Win/Vista

>>> computers, and they work fine.

>>>

>>> Is there some sort of option I need to set to have the ".exe"

>>> preserved??

>>>

>>> BTW, I also tried this with my antivirus software disabled, and it

>>> made no difference. I also checked my IE, and it's IE 6 with no

>>> plugins.

>>

>> Tools > Folder Options > View

>>

>> Uncheck "Hide File Extensions for Known File Types"

>

> That was one of the first things I tried ... but the file has no

> extension, so this didn't help.

>

> I wasn't that I couldn't see it --- it just plain ain't there!

>

> I suspect this is some sort of system integrity thing so that .exe

> files couldn't be downloaded and do damage to the system.

>

> I turned off all my spyware and antivirus software, and the file is

> still received without an extension.

>

> bob

 

Try renaming the file so that it contains <.exe> and see if it opens.

[Guest Bob Howard]

Re: Missing ".exe" extension on download

 

 

"Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

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>

>

> Bob Howard wrote:

>> "Sid Elbow" <here@there.com> wrote in message

>> news:47d1c47a$0$24681$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...

>>> Bob Howard wrote:

>>>> Hi,

>>>>

>>>> My daughter gave me her old W2K laptop, and I'm trying to download a

>>>> program "xxxxxx.exe" from a web site. The file downloads OK, but

>>>> without any file extension ... is just downloads as "xxxxxx" ...

>>>>

>>>> I've poked around and cannot figure out what's wrong.

>>>>

>>>> I've tried the same download on both Win/XP and Win/Vista

>>>> computers, and they work fine.

>>>>

>>>> Is there some sort of option I need to set to have the ".exe"

>>>> preserved??

>>>>

>>>> BTW, I also tried this with my antivirus software disabled, and it

>>>> made no difference. I also checked my IE, and it's IE 6 with no

>>>> plugins.

>>>

>>> Tools > Folder Options > View

>>>

>>> Uncheck "Hide File Extensions for Known File Types"

>>

>> That was one of the first things I tried ... but the file has no

>> extension, so this didn't help.

>>

>> I wasn't that I couldn't see it --- it just plain ain't there!

>>

>> I suspect this is some sort of system integrity thing so that .exe

>> files couldn't be downloaded and do damage to the system.

>>

>> I turned off all my spyware and antivirus software, and the file is

>> still received without an extension.

>>

>> bob

>

> Try renaming the file so that it contains <.exe> and see if it opens.

>

>

 

I did rename it and it did open up.

 

My problem is that this is not workable. I develop and distribute software

and this really complicates matters for any clients who have W2K (assuming

this is not just something wierd with this one computer).

 

My clients download the software off my web site, and they are generally

computer novices. The strange thing is that I have not run into this in

either Vista, XP or Windows 98 --- only W2K.

 

So, I want to make this VERY simple for my clients, and make it universal.

 

bob

[Guest Roger Fink]

Re: Missing ".exe" extension on download

 

 

 

Bob Howard wrote:

> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

> news:uNvy0SLgIHA.2448@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>

>>

>> Bob Howard wrote:

>>> "Sid Elbow" <here@there.com> wrote in message

>>> news:47d1c47a$0$24681$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...

>>>> Bob Howard wrote:

>>>>> Hi,

>>>>>

>>>>> My daughter gave me her old W2K laptop, and I'm trying to

>>>>> download a program "xxxxxx.exe" from a web site. The file

>>>>> downloads OK, but without any file extension ... is just

>>>>> downloads as "xxxxxx" ...

>>>>>

>>>>> I've poked around and cannot figure out what's wrong.

>>>>>

>>>>> I've tried the same download on both Win/XP and Win/Vista

>>>>> computers, and they work fine.

>>>>>

>>>>> Is there some sort of option I need to set to have the ".exe"

>>>>> preserved??

>>>>>

>>>>> BTW, I also tried this with my antivirus software disabled, and it

>>>>> made no difference. I also checked my IE, and it's IE 6 with no

>>>>> plugins.

>>>>

>>>> Tools > Folder Options > View

>>>>

>>>> Uncheck "Hide File Extensions for Known File Types"

>>>

>>> That was one of the first things I tried ... but the file has no

>>> extension, so this didn't help.

>>>

>>> I wasn't that I couldn't see it --- it just plain ain't there!

>>>

>>> I suspect this is some sort of system integrity thing so that .exe

>>> files couldn't be downloaded and do damage to the system.

>>>

>>> I turned off all my spyware and antivirus software, and the file is

>>> still received without an extension.

>>>

>>> bob

>>

>> Try renaming the file so that it contains <.exe> and see if it opens.

>>

>>

>

> I did rename it and it did open up.

>

> My problem is that this is not workable. I develop and distribute

> software and this really complicates matters for any clients who have

> W2K (assuming this is not just something wierd with this one

> computer).

>

> My clients download the software off my web site, and they are

> generally computer novices. The strange thing is that I have not run

> into this in either Vista, XP or Windows 98 --- only W2K.

>

> So, I want to make this VERY simple for my clients, and make it

> universal.

>

> bob

 

I occasionally had that problem in Windows 98, although very rarely, and

that was one of two ways I got around it. The other was to use Mozilla. My

conclusion then was that the problem was with IE6, and definitely not

hardware or website related. You may want to try repairing or reinstalling

it (or cross-posting to the IE6 group, who may have a different take on it).

[Guest Bob Howard]

Re: Missing ".exe" extension on download

 

 

"Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

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>

>

> Bob Howard wrote:

>> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

>> news:uNvy0SLgIHA.2448@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>

>>>

>>> Bob Howard wrote:

>>>> "Sid Elbow" <here@there.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:47d1c47a$0$24681$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...

>>>>> Bob Howard wrote:

>>>>>> Hi,

>>>>>>

>>>>>> My daughter gave me her old W2K laptop, and I'm trying to

>>>>>> download a program "xxxxxx.exe" from a web site. The file

>>>>>> downloads OK, but without any file extension ... is just

>>>>>> downloads as "xxxxxx" ...

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I've poked around and cannot figure out what's wrong.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I've tried the same download on both Win/XP and Win/Vista

>>>>>> computers, and they work fine.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Is there some sort of option I need to set to have the ".exe"

>>>>>> preserved??

>>>>>>

>>>>>> BTW, I also tried this with my antivirus software disabled, and it

>>>>>> made no difference. I also checked my IE, and it's IE 6 with no

>>>>>> plugins.

>>>>>

>>>>> Tools > Folder Options > View

>>>>>

>>>>> Uncheck "Hide File Extensions for Known File Types"

>>>>

>>>> That was one of the first things I tried ... but the file has no

>>>> extension, so this didn't help.

>>>>

>>>> I wasn't that I couldn't see it --- it just plain ain't there!

>>>>

>>>> I suspect this is some sort of system integrity thing so that .exe

>>>> files couldn't be downloaded and do damage to the system.

>>>>

>>>> I turned off all my spyware and antivirus software, and the file is

>>>> still received without an extension.

>>>>

>>>> bob

>>>

>>> Try renaming the file so that it contains <.exe> and see if it opens.

>>>

>>>

>>

>> I did rename it and it did open up.

>>

>> My problem is that this is not workable. I develop and distribute

>> software and this really complicates matters for any clients who have

>> W2K (assuming this is not just something wierd with this one

>> computer).

>>

>> My clients download the software off my web site, and they are

>> generally computer novices. The strange thing is that I have not run

>> into this in either Vista, XP or Windows 98 --- only W2K.

>>

>> So, I want to make this VERY simple for my clients, and make it

>> universal.

>>

>> bob

>

> I occasionally had that problem in Windows 98, although very rarely, and

> that was one of two ways I got around it. The other was to use Mozilla. My

> conclusion then was that the problem was with IE6, and definitely not

> hardware or website related. You may want to try repairing or reinstalling

> it (or cross-posting to the IE6 group, who may have a different take on

> it).

>

>

In anticipation that this might have been an IE issue, I posted over there

as well ... but a bit later than when I pinitially posted over here. So

far, no result.

 

I expect you're right (that this will turn out to be an IE6 issue). I'll

check for IE6 updates (again).

 

Thanks.

 

bob

[Guest Bob Howard]

Re: Missing ".exe" extension on download

 

Turns out the problem was in the HTML button definition. Using that same

definition, I was able to download a text file. So there's something that

IE6 is doing to stip the extension when it's ".exe" ...

 

The particular HTML button definition is typically used to initiate

processing on the **server** --- something that I'm not actually doing.

But IE6 probably wants to protect the server from having an executable

running there (these servers are typically at an ISP) so to protest against

that, the extension is being stripped --- even though IE is downloading the

file.

 

When I corrected the HTML to use a different form of the button definition,

all's working fine!

 

thanks. bob h.

"Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

news:%23Dk%23BCSgIHA.3780@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>

>

> Bob Howard wrote:

>> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

>> news:uNvy0SLgIHA.2448@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>

>>>

>>> Bob Howard wrote:

>>>> "Sid Elbow" <here@there.com> wrote in message

>>>> news:47d1c47a$0$24681$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...

>>>>> Bob Howard wrote:

>>>>>> Hi,

>>>>>>

>>>>>> My daughter gave me her old W2K laptop, and I'm trying to

>>>>>> download a program "xxxxxx.exe" from a web site. The file

>>>>>> downloads OK, but without any file extension ... is just

>>>>>> downloads as "xxxxxx" ...

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I've poked around and cannot figure out what's wrong.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> I've tried the same download on both Win/XP and Win/Vista

>>>>>> computers, and they work fine.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Is there some sort of option I need to set to have the ".exe"

>>>>>> preserved??

>>>>>>

>>>>>> BTW, I also tried this with my antivirus software disabled, and it

>>>>>> made no difference. I also checked my IE, and it's IE 6 with no

>>>>>> plugins.

>>>>>

>>>>> Tools > Folder Options > View

>>>>>

>>>>> Uncheck "Hide File Extensions for Known File Types"

>>>>

>>>> That was one of the first things I tried ... but the file has no

>>>> extension, so this didn't help.

>>>>

>>>> I wasn't that I couldn't see it --- it just plain ain't there!

>>>>

>>>> I suspect this is some sort of system integrity thing so that .exe

>>>> files couldn't be downloaded and do damage to the system.

>>>>

>>>> I turned off all my spyware and antivirus software, and the file is

>>>> still received without an extension.

>>>>

>>>> bob

>>>

>>> Try renaming the file so that it contains <.exe> and see if it opens.

>>>

>>>

>>

>> I did rename it and it did open up.

>>

>> My problem is that this is not workable. I develop and distribute

>> software and this really complicates matters for any clients who have

>> W2K (assuming this is not just something wierd with this one

>> computer).

>>

>> My clients download the software off my web site, and they are

>> generally computer novices. The strange thing is that I have not run

>> into this in either Vista, XP or Windows 98 --- only W2K.

>>

>> So, I want to make this VERY simple for my clients, and make it

>> universal.

>>

>> bob

>

> I occasionally had that problem in Windows 98, although very rarely, and

> that was one of two ways I got around it. The other was to use Mozilla. My

> conclusion then was that the problem was with IE6, and definitely not

> hardware or website related. You may want to try repairing or reinstalling

> it (or cross-posting to the IE6 group, who may have a different take on

> it).

>

>

[Guest Roger Fink]

Re: Missing ".exe" extension on download

 

I would have used the "Repair" option for IE in Add/Remove, and then tried

to reestablish what few custom settings I had on the old clunker, because

that's all I know.

 

Anytime you can fix a Windows problem with a band-aid and a little first aid

cream you are ahead of the game, so glad it worked out.

 

 

Bob Howard wrote:

> Turns out the problem was in the HTML button definition. Using that

> same definition, I was able to download a text file. So there's

> something that IE6 is doing to stip the extension when it's ".exe" ...

>

> The particular HTML button definition is typically used to initiate

> processing on the **server** --- something that I'm not actually

> doing. But IE6 probably wants to protect the server from having an

> executable running there (these servers are typically at an ISP) so

> to protest against that, the extension is being stripped --- even

> though IE is downloading the file.

>

> When I corrected the HTML to use a different form of the button

> definition, all's working fine!

>

> thanks. bob h.

> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

> news:%23Dk%23BCSgIHA.3780@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>>

>>

>> Bob Howard wrote:

>>> "Roger Fink" <fink@manana.org> wrote in message

>>> news:uNvy0SLgIHA.2448@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Bob Howard wrote:

>>>>> "Sid Elbow" <here@there.com> wrote in message

>>>>> news:47d1c47a$0$24681$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...

>>>>>> Bob Howard wrote:

>>>>>>> Hi,

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> My daughter gave me her old W2K laptop, and I'm trying to

>>>>>>> download a program "xxxxxx.exe" from a web site. The file

>>>>>>> downloads OK, but without any file extension ... is just

>>>>>>> downloads as "xxxxxx" ...

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> I've poked around and cannot figure out what's wrong.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> I've tried the same download on both Win/XP and Win/Vista

>>>>>>> computers, and they work fine.

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> Is there some sort of option I need to set to have the ".exe"

>>>>>>> preserved??

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>> BTW, I also tried this with my antivirus software disabled, and

>>>>>>> it made no difference. I also checked my IE, and it's IE 6

>>>>>>> with no plugins.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Tools > Folder Options > View

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Uncheck "Hide File Extensions for Known File Types"

>>>>>

>>>>> That was one of the first things I tried ... but the file has no

>>>>> extension, so this didn't help.

>>>>>

>>>>> I wasn't that I couldn't see it --- it just plain ain't there!

>>>>>

>>>>> I suspect this is some sort of system integrity thing so that .exe

>>>>> files couldn't be downloaded and do damage to the system.

>>>>>

>>>>> I turned off all my spyware and antivirus software, and the file

>>>>> is still received without an extension.

>>>>>

>>>>> bob

>>>>

>>>> Try renaming the file so that it contains <.exe> and see if it

>>>> opens.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>> I did rename it and it did open up.

>>>

>>> My problem is that this is not workable. I develop and distribute

>>> software and this really complicates matters for any clients who

>>> have W2K (assuming this is not just something wierd with this one

>>> computer).

>>>

>>> My clients download the software off my web site, and they are

>>> generally computer novices. The strange thing is that I have not

>>> run into this in either Vista, XP or Windows 98 --- only W2K.

>>>

>>> So, I want to make this VERY simple for my clients, and make it

>>> universal.

>>>

>>> bob

>>

>> I occasionally had that problem in Windows 98, although very rarely,

>> and that was one of two ways I got around it. The other was to use

>> Mozilla. My conclusion then was that the problem was with IE6, and

>> definitely not hardware or website related. You may want to try

>> repairing or reinstalling it (or cross-posting to the IE6 group, who

>> may have a different take on it).