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Can't download .exe files from IE (under Windows 98)

Asked by plab in Windows 98 Operating System

Tags: explorer, opening

I know this is an old question and I have spent the last hour reading old threads on this problem but to no avail.

To summarize: whenever I try to download an .exe file, IE shows a blank page with only a little default .gif picture at the top left of the screen. Even if I click on this , nothing happens.

I have had no rpoblems with spyware or any malware. My gut feeling is that IE somehow is set up to refuse .exe downloads as a safety measure.

In one thread, someone suggested to remove the .exe extension from the registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer/Plugins/Extension

I did that and it did not help. (I then thought that I had to reboot for the effect to take place but when I rebooted the .exe. had been brought back. I removed it again, open IE and try to download a .exe file but the same problem happened. Maybe I have to do something else to permanently remove the .exe extension from the registry?)

Someone else (sramesh2k) mentioned that the .exe extension had to be removes from a list of unsafe extensions in the file shdocvw.dll. I tried to have a look but it shows up as mostly garbage when opened with wordpad. The same person gave the following link to help with the problem: http://is-it-true.org/nt/registry/rtips324.shtml, but when I tried this I got a list of stuff not relevant to the present problem (I am guessing that this site is changed periodically and the original, relevant information has been moved).

I hope someone can help.

Patrick

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Can't download .exe files from IE (under Windows 98)

Asked by plab in Windows 98 Operating System

Tags: explorer, opening

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