IE Automatically opens zip files....


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For some odd reason, IE has begun to automatically open .zip files, not allowing me to select where to save the file as. I've been through the Internet Options a bunch of times but did not see anything pertaining to my problem.

Can anyone help out?

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It sounds like one of the times you selected "open", the box checked "always ask for this file type" or whatever was/wasn't checked. There's a way you can fix it, but unfortunately, I can't remember what it is. Hopefully this at least gives you a starting point. :)

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Open up explorer, and click Tools --> Folder Options. From there goto the "File Types" tab and go down to the "Zip" extension. Click "Advanced", and make sure that "Cofirm Open After Download" is ticked.

I know it doesn't really sound like it should fix it, but it does. ;)

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Okay... it has to be something we all have in common that's doing this cause mine has been too. But mine's been doing it since I installed IE6 SP1 (Beta 2)... is that the same with all of you? And yeah... it fixed mine too, thanks.. it was starting to get annoying. lol

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jzolloxp: it took me like a week to figure that out when it happened to me a little more than a year ago. it nearly drove me insane trying to figure out how to fix it. lol. :dead:

finally i found the fix that gambit suggested. didn't make sense that i needed to fix it there but it worked and that's all that mattered.

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