My code looks like the stuff below and when you run it, it fires immediately.
<cfset filePath = "c:\path\to\file\thefile.ext">
<cfheader name="Content-Disposition" value="attachment; filename=#getFileFromPath(filePath)#">
<cfcontent file="#filePath#" type="application/octet-stream">
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