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I have yet another problem with SP2 no surprise. I've searched and searched for an answer and cannot find anything. One of these issues I think I found the fix, but I'm leaving it in this email in case anyone else has the problem #1. I still have the issue #2. 1. SP2 refuses to open ANY type of video file from a DIRECT LINK unless ANY browser window is open. If it's a direct URL of the file in an email, or if I put the URL in my address bar, it will not open nor play. The ONLY WAY they will open and play, is if any IE window is already open! 2. There is another issue which is probably related to this, and that is I no longer have the download progress indicator box for video files! I have it as normal for ANY OTHER file type, but not for any video files! This is the typical box that has the download progress bar in it, and "OK", "Open" and "Cancel" at the bottom. It just will not appear for video files. (Sort of back to #1 now)....When I try and click the video's URL in an email, or put its link in the address bar, IE will open and at the lower left extreme corner of the browser window I can see "downloading file......[whatever]", so it IS apparently "downloading" the file, but the instant the download is completed, the IE window immediately snaps shut, something that appears to be that download progress box I mentioned above "flashes" for a tenth of a second, then nothing. Video files play fine on my HD, and if I enter the path in the address bar of the file on my HD they also open and play fine. They just will not do it from the internet from a direct link! I've disabled all anti-malware programs, IE settings are the SAME as they have been all along, all to no avail. I even tried checking the box "Notify when downloads complete" and that still didn't bring back the download progress box and of course also did nothing for the video files not opening. So, this is two problems which I think may be related; the video files not opening and playing as described above (1), and (2) the absence of the download dialog box with video files. Extension seems to be irrelevant (.avi, mpg, mpeg, etc.). Since I've been on SP2, this is the FIRST time I've noticed this behavior with the DIRECT LINKS since I never tried it before, but this problem with the download dialog box not showing up (2) is NEW, this DID NOT happen some weeks back, and I have no way of knowing when it started exactly nor if any specific program caused it. I just realized it's also doing this for zipped files, IF and ONLY IF I "Open in current location" instead of downloading them first. There's still no download progress indicator box like you see when you DOWNLOAD the files instead of OPENING them. If I **download** the file, I get the download indicator as usual. Since all video files are set to play as you click them without having to download them first (as I assume they are on everyone's PC), there's no download progress box. I found this page which sums it up great: http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t153340.html I have having this exact same problem, but that box IS already CHECKED, but whether it's checked or not does nothing for opening files "on the fly". I DO NOT get the image you see under "Right", I only get the image you see under "Wrong". I went ahead and messed around in "Folder Options" and for the video file extensions I checked the box "Confirm open after download". Fine, that gets back the download PROMPT box, but the files WON'T OPEN! It always says "file not found" when I try and OPEN it right then and there, but, I *CAN DOWNLOAD* it then play it fine! Allow me to sum this up to clear up any confusion. (Hee hee). :-) Clicking a video link in an email, or the video link in my address bar, opens an IE window where you see what's in the "Wrong" image example at that URL above. After the download is complete, the IE window closes, some type of "download box" flashes for a fraction of second, and the file never does play nor does it open, that's it. I verified the same thing is happening with .zip files ONLY when I try to OPEN THEM ON THE FLY. If I turn on the prompt to "confirm after download" and on the prompt window for the file that then opens up and I click "OPEN", it will "open" a VIDEO file *PLAYER*, but says "file not found". However this is NOT the case with zipped files, it WILL OPEN them **ONLY FROM A WEBPAGE**, but I STILL DO NOT GET any download progress box on a webpage when I "Open" in the current location. If I try to download the .zip file from a DIRECT LINK like in OE for example, or the address bar, it will NOT open the file. FIX for #1: Ok, I believe I found the fix for that specific issue, partial at least. I'm leaving this email as-is in the event that anyone else has this problem. This was acting like a temporary cache issue, and it was. It was "IE Privacy Keeper" doing this. It is set to delete the temp net files folder when the IE window is closed. What's happening, is when the IE window closes, the cache is dumped, therefore the video file or .zip file is NO LONGER IN the temp net files folder, so it has nothing to open or play! I turned off this feature in IE Privacy Keeper, and the VIDEO FILES will now OPEN and PLAY as they should, but I STILL have no d'load progress status box! Now the reason I say "partial fix" is I'm still getting the SAME behavior with zipped files! Even though I can open the temp net files folder and see the zipped file there, it still will not OPEN the file "from the current location". That's no big deal since I never do that anyway, I only tested this video file problem with a zipped file to see if the same thing happened; although I AM VERY curious as to why I still can't open them from a direct link and only from a webpage. (This problem DOES NOT happen on SP1 even though this exact same program was installed on it and setup the same way). The second and main problem (#2), which still remains, is the absence of any d'load progress indicators for video files being downloaded then opened on the fly. Any info appreciated, (on #2). -Clint Happy Thanksgiving to all & God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com ) http://ComputersCustomBuilt.com ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? 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