IE not downloading files

[potain]

Hi

I've had this problem for a while, when I clcik a file for download in IE
the status bar says downloading from site and then Done but nothing happens.

Else a new window opens with the download URL in the address bar but there
is a little image in the pane (a small rectangle with a red quare, a blue
triangle and circle in it) and no download is performed.

Any help will be appreciated as I have searched widely without finding a
soultion.

Thank you

[Kai Schaetzl]

Post by potain
I've had this problem for a while, when I clcik a file for download in IE
the status bar says downloading from site and then Done but nothing happens.

The file might get downloaded and opened instead. If you wait long enough it
might get opened in the associated program. Check in file-types if the
"confirm after download" is unchecked (it shouldn't).

Post by potain
Else a new window opens with the download URL in the address bar but there
is a little image in the pane (a small rectangle with a red quare, a blue
triangle and circle in it) and no download is performed.

The latter means that there's some add-in taking over that wants to display
the file, but can't. Typical if you uninstalled such an add-in, but it didn't
cleanly uninstall from IE.

Download manager installed? Or was one installed? What zip program is
installed? Also, try to make a correlation between file type/suffix and the
behavior you get.
And use "Save Target as" from the Kontextmenu. f.i. right-click a normal html
link and try to save it via "Save Target as", does that work? Then try it with
your desired download targets.

Kai