IE won't downlaod .zip

dlinkwit27 · 18th February 2004, 18:23

I installed netpumper the other day and decided I didn't like it, so I uninstalled it, ran spybot and adaware to remove all traces of anything it might have left behind, and now IE won't give me a dialog for saving .zip files. Instead it just opens a window and has an image icon in the window. Anyone have any idea on how I can fix this?

ryan · 18th February 2004, 18:53

IE sucks anyways, use Firefox

Vie · 18th February 2004, 18:57

Swich to an Internet Browser, Internet Exploader is prity much dead now.

xzxzzx · 18th February 2004, 19:14

Sorry dlinkwit, I don't think anyone cares enough about IE to help you. You could try reinstalling Windows. :p

ctn|chrisw · 18th February 2004, 19:35

Use a real browser such as firefox, IE is full of security exploits

anubis2003 · 18th February 2004, 19:51

Try reinstalling IE.

IE is perfectly fine for me - it keeps things simple - I don't want crap flooding my window.

k_rock923 · 18th February 2004, 20:27

i would agree with anubis. See if you can reinstall it or download a new version etc. Since you can't uninstall it anyway, you might as well uses. I don't see what exactly is so bad about it anyway. Maybe its the newer versions that suck. I have version 5.00.something. It does what its supposed to. Nothing more, nothing less.

dlinkwit27 · 18th February 2004, 20:28

Quote:

Originally posted by anubis2003
Try reinstalling IE.

IE is perfectly fine for me - it keeps things simple - I don't want crap flooding my window.

Should I just download the latest version off of the microsoft site, or should I uninstal it first? If so, how do I uninstal (i am at school and can't check for an uninstal right now)

ps. firefox sucks. it easts memory, won't display half the pages out there, deletes bookmarks, and it's flaming.

k_rock923 · 18th February 2004, 20:35

isn't it impossible to uninstall IE?

GqSkrub · 18th February 2004, 20:38

Quote:

Originally posted by k_rock923
isn't it impossible to uninstall IE?

That's what i though. and if it's not... i'm gonna get rid of it!

Gonzotek · 18th February 2004, 20:45

Quote:

Originally posted by dlinkwit27
Should I just download the latest version off of the microsoft site, or should I uninstal it first? If so, how do I uninstal (i am at school and can't check for an uninstal right now)

ps. firefox sucks. it easts memory, won't display half the pages out there, deletes bookmarks, and it's flaming.

Just download the latest IE from the MS site, IE hasn't been uninstallable for several versions now.

Firefox displays about 99% of pages I visit as well or even BETTER than IE. For example, my school's website is designed to work in all modern browsers, yet the hover and focus css attributes for input boxes aren't applied in IE.

I've never lost a bookmark in any version of Mozilla, Firebird or Firefox, nor have I ever felt that my memory situation was detrimented by any Mozilla product. I'm not sure how to respond to your last point: Is it too gay or too hot for you to use? I'm not telling you what browser to use, that's your choice. I just don't like to see inaccurate or false information being spread. If you'd care to detail how you lost your bookmarks and/or which sites fail to work, and it can be reproduced by others, then it can be filed as a bug and possibly be fixed.

If you provide examples of pages that won't work with Firefox, they can be forwarded to a team of people that check the page to see if it's problem with Firefox being broken, or a lazy website author who only creates pages to work with a single (albeit popular) browser. Even if you don't use firefox, it's to everyone's benefit to have standards-based webpages that can be displayed in any browser. You may find one day that you need information from a certain page, and you only have access to a) a mac or unix computer b)a pda c)some other web capable device that doesn't use IE. If the website is made to only work with IE, you are not going to be happy in that case.

ShyShy · 18th February 2004, 20:49

[channeling Hugh]

You guys suck ass. [edit: not Gonzo, your post wasn't there before. =)]

dlinkwit: Open up Windows Explorer, and go to Tools > Options of Folder Options or something like that, and to to the File Types tab. Scroll down to the ZIP extension, and click the Advanced tab. Check the "Confirm open after download" checkbox, and click OK a few times to get back to Windows Explorer. Now try downloading a ZIP file. Take two aspirin and call me in the morning if symptoms persist.

Asswipes.

[/channeling]

Rellik · 18th February 2004, 20:59

I believe that there is a Repair option in the add/remove programs for Internet Explorer.

If this is a stock version of IE, then you may just want to get the latest IE service pack then

ctn|chrisw · 18th February 2004, 21:03

Quote:

Originally posted by dlinkwit27

ps. firefox sucks. it easts memory, won't display half the pages out there, deletes bookmarks, and it's flaming.

It displays all pages fine when they arent coded by some retard. IE displays them because its coded to guess what the author wants, whereas firefox follows standards. It has never lost my bookmarks, EVER. Hasnt eaten mem either, when you compare it to having tons of IE windows open. <3 tabs. The only pages that dont work for me in firefox are made in homestead.

Quote:

Originally posted by k_rock923
i would agree with anubis. See if you can reinstall it or download a new version etc. Since you can't uninstall it anyway, you might as well uses. I don't see what exactly is so bad about it anyway. Maybe its the newer versions that suck. I have version 5.00.something. It does what its supposed to. Nothing more, nothing less.

I wouldnt use IE 5 (>> http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/38917 )

k_rock923 · 18th February 2004, 21:03

Quote:

you guys suck ass

i tried to help ya know.

//edit:

Quote:

I wouldn't use IE 5

great. just great. add that to the list of 9 million vulnerabilites on my computer.

dlinkwit27 · 18th February 2004, 21:11

channeled hugh: your way didn't work.
@ gonzo. Majority of the complaints I mentioned I got from the app help section at neowin.net. the last comment was just a really lame joke

I'm gogni to re-instal IE and see if that fixes things.

dlinkwit27 · 18th February 2004, 21:43

btw, I can save .zips if I right click and do save target as, but if I just click on the link, or if I am re-directed, I get the following: just that littel graphic icon in the top right, and nothing else.

Merlin · 18th February 2004, 22:22

lol

Quote:

Originally posted by ctn|chrisw
It displays all pages fine when they arent coded by some retard.

But a lot of pages are coded by some retard, so where do you draw the line between the functionality of one browser and the security of the other?

I stick with IE6. If some script kiddie wants to hack me and read my lecture notes, he's welcome to. I have backups of anything important. Also, I'm sick of being told how great everything else is, when what I already have works fine.

dlinkwit27 · 18th February 2004, 22:49

I cant find jsut IE6 on the MS site, only IESP1. and re-installing it didn't work, so now I have no idea what to do.

/edit
If i re-insall XP what all data, if any, will I lose?

k_rock923 · 19th February 2004, 01:14

if you reinstall XP, you have to backup anything and everything that you feel like putting back after your hard drive is wiped.

xzxzzx · 19th February 2004, 01:27

IE just sucks ass. Deal with it.

randman · 19th February 2004, 03:05

Maybe under File Types, the default program for opening ZIP files got changed to Internet Explorer for some reason.

Usually the only time something like this happens is if the file is corrupt.

It's always a good idea to run a virus scan. I would also download CWShredder and run that. CoolWebSearch has been a major pain lately and CWShredder will clean your system of this hijacker/trojan.

18th February 2004, 18:23	#1
dlinkwit27 has no CT (Forum King) Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 13,232	IE won't downlaod .zip I installed netpumper the other day and decided I didn't like it, so I uninstalled it, ran spybot and adaware to remove all traces of anything it might have left behind, and now IE won't give me a dialog for saving .zip files. Instead it just opens a window and has an image icon in the window. Anyone have any idea on how I can fix this? ::Deviant Me::Last.fm::WhatPulse Stats::Folding @ Home

18th February 2004, 18:57	#3
Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 7,960	Swich to an Internet Browser, Internet Exploader is prity much dead now. Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award Vie's Scratching Post

18th February 2004, 19:14	#4
xzxzzx Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,267	Sorry dlinkwit, I don't think anyone cares enough about IE to help you. You could try reinstalling Windows. :p Freedom of speech is the basic freedom of humanity. When you've lost that, you've lost everything. 1\/\/4y 34\|<$p4y 1gp4y 33714y, 0d4y 0uy4y? \| Roses are #FF0000; Violets are #0000FF; chown -R ${YOU} ~/base The DMCA. It really is that bad. : Count for your life.

18th February 2004, 19:51	#6
anubis2003 Forum King Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: middle of somewhere Posts: 5,564	Try reinstalling IE. IE is perfectly fine for me - it keeps things simple - I don't want crap flooding my window. [Over The Monkey] \| [My DeviantArt] \| [Se ti] \| [Atmo Digital Design Forums]

18th February 2004, 20:27	#7
k_rock923 \m/ (Forum King) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: /bin/bash Posts: 7,786	i would agree with anubis. See if you can reinstall it or download a new version etc. Since you can't uninstall it anyway, you might as well uses. I don't see what exactly is so bad about it anyway. Maybe its the newer versions that suck. I have version 5.00.something. It does what its supposed to. Nothing more, nothing less. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

18th February 2004, 18:53	#2
ryan not fucked, not quite. (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tn Posts: 8,755	IE sucks anyways, use Firefox

18th February 2004, 19:35	#5
ctn\|chrisw Forum King Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 3,309	Use a real browser such as firefox, IE is full of security exploits

18th February 2004, 20:35	#9
k_rock923 \m/ (Forum King) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: /bin/bash Posts: 7,786	isn't it impossible to uninstall IE? Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

18th February 2004, 20:49	#12
ShyShy Amazon Bush Woman Forum Queen Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Sticks, Queensland Posts: 8,017	[channeling Hugh] You guys suck ass. [edit: not Gonzo, your post wasn't there before. =)] dlinkwit: Open up Windows Explorer, and go to Tools > Options of Folder Options or something like that, and to to the File Types tab. Scroll down to the ZIP extension, and click the Advanced tab. Check the "Confirm open after download" checkbox, and click OK a few times to get back to Windows Explorer. Now try downloading a ZIP file. Take two aspirin and call me in the morning if symptoms persist. Asswipes. [/channeling]

18th February 2004, 20:59	#13
Rellik Major Dude Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: localhost Posts: 1,099	I believe that there is a Repair option in the add/remove programs for Internet Explorer. If this is a stock version of IE, then you may just want to get the latest IE service pack then

18th February 2004, 21:11	#16
dlinkwit27 has no CT (Forum King) Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 13,232	channeled hugh: your way didn't work. @ gonzo. Majority of the complaints I mentioned I got from the app help section at neowin.net. the last comment was just a really lame joke I'm gogni to re-instal IE and see if that fixes things. ::Deviant Me::Last.fm::WhatPulse Stats::Folding @ Home

18th February 2004, 22:49	#19
dlinkwit27 has no CT (Forum King) Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 13,232	I cant find jsut IE6 on the MS site, only IESP1. and re-installing it didn't work, so now I have no idea what to do. /edit If i re-insall XP what all data, if any, will I lose? ::Deviant Me::Last.fm::WhatPulse Stats::Folding @ Home Last edited by dlinkwit27; 18th February 2004 at 23:05.

19th February 2004, 01:14	#20
k_rock923 \m/ (Forum King) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: /bin/bash Posts: 7,786	if you reinstall XP, you have to backup anything and everything that you feel like putting back after your hard drive is wiped. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

19th February 2004, 01:27	#21
xzxzzx Forum King Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,267	IE just sucks ass. Deal with it. Freedom of speech is the basic freedom of humanity. When you've lost that, you've lost everything. 1\/\/4y 34\|<$p4y 1gp4y 33714y, 0d4y 0uy4y? \| Roses are #FF0000; Violets are #0000FF; chown -R ${YOU} ~/base The DMCA. It really is that bad. : Count for your life.

19th February 2004, 03:05	#22
randman Ol' Dirty Loser (Major Dude) Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Parts unknown Posts: 1,287	Maybe under File Types, the default program for opening ZIP files got changed to Internet Explorer for some reason. Usually the only time something like this happens is if the file is corrupt. It's always a good idea to run a virus scan. I would also download CWShredder and run that. CoolWebSearch has been a major pain lately and CWShredder will clean your system of this hijacker/trojan. I see no stinking sig! Do you see a stinking sig?

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