Thanks Dave, Not sure what is going on with the list, but I sent that mail sometime on thursday. Anyway, I have zipped the files and am offering them for download like that, which makes them smaller and easier to download, obviously, and gets round the problem.
Cheers Will -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 October 2001 21:12 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: problem downloading .exe file (double post) > I am having a problem setting up a link to download a .exe > file. I have a page with a link to the file like so: > > <a href="screens_pc/screensaver.exe">download</a> > > but when I click on it and try to download I get the > following message: > > File download of [screensaver.exe] was not completed > succesfully. Server has internal error > > IS this a mime type problem? If so, can anyone tell me the > mime type for exe files? I don't think it's a MIME problem. Instead, I think it's that your web server is executing the file, instead of simply passing it back to the browser. If you're using IIS, right-click on the directory within the IIS MMC, and set it to only read or execute scripts. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
