List,
I sent the following email to the appropriate person, but I have gotten
no reply. Do any of you happen to have the answer to my question, or know
where I should look for an answer to it? It applies to Netscape 4.7, but I
think it is also relevant to Mozilla and Netscape 6.
Thanks,
Alex Eagar
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Eagar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 12:06 PM
Subject: Why does SDL not work with some EXEs?
> When I usually try to us Smart Download, it works fine. However,
sometimes
> when I try to download an exe file, my computer asks me for where I want
to
> save it instead of opening Smart Download. I have isolated one such exe
> file, could you please test it and tell me why it is not working? The
file
> is at the following site:
>
>
http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10042-100-870914.html?tag=st.dl.10042-1
> 06-1.lst-6-10.870914
>
> However, in case that url is not bookmarkable, this is how I got to it:
>
> I went to:
> www.downloads.com
>
> I clicked on "Games" which took me to
>
>
http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0,10151,0-10042-106-0-1-0,00.html?tag=st.
> dl.10008.dir.10042
>
> I clicked on "File Size" which took me to
>
>
http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0,10151,0-10042-106-0-1-6,00.html?tag=st.
> dl.10042-106-1.lst-6.lst&
>
> I scrolled down to "Steel Panthers: The River Crossing" which was 63 KB
and
> then I followed the link and it to me to
>
>
http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10042-100-870914.html?tag=st.dl.10042-1
> 06-1.lst-6-10.870914
>
> That is the URL that is above, from there, I clicked "Download Now" and
> Smart Download did not pop up, but I was given the option to save an exe
> file to my hard drive.
>
> Any information on this you could provide would be very helpful.
>
> Thank you very much,
> Alex Eagar
>
