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Old September 19th 04, 01:16 AM
Darlene
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Hope someone can help me. My sister is using windows 98 se. Everytime she
goes and tries to download a file it will not let her pick where she wants
to download the file to. It automatically goes to where it wants to. Is
there some place in windows 98 se that I can fix this problem. Any
suggestions would be most greatly appreciated.

Darlene


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Old September 19th 04, 02:16 AM
Sandi - Microsoft MVP
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This is controlled by file type.

Go to My Computer, View, Folder Options, File Type (or Control Panel, Folder
Options depending on your operating system). Search for the affected file
type, highlight it and select edit (or advanced). Turn on the option to
confirm open after download.


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"Darlene" wrote in message
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Hope someone can help me. My sister is using windows 98 se. Everytime
she
goes and tries to download a file it will not let her pick where she wants
to download the file to. It automatically goes to where it wants to. Is
there some place in windows 98 se that I can fix this problem. Any
suggestions would be most greatly appreciated.

Darlene



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Old August 23rd 06, 07:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.internet
J. P. Gilliver
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"Sandi - Microsoft MVP" wrote in message
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This is controlled by file type.

Go to My Computer, View, Folder Options, File Type (or Control Panel,
Folder
Options depending on your operating system). Search for the affected file
type, highlight it and select edit (or advanced). Turn on the option to
confirm open after download.

[]
Hope someone can help me. My sister is using windows 98 se. Everytime
she
goes and tries to download a file it will not let her pick where she
wants
to download the file to. It automatically goes to where it wants to. Is
there some place in windows 98 se that I can fix this problem. Any
suggestions would be most greatly appreciated.

[]
As I read Darlene's question, it wasn't "it doesn't let me choose what to
open it with", but "it doesn't let me choose where to put it". I would have
said that's a browser setting, but assuming she's using IE, it might not be,
and I wouldn't know where to look. She _could_ try trying to find a "save
as" function rather than a "save" (under right-click maybe?), as that
usually lets you vary the location as well as just the name.


 




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