opening non zipped files
opening non zipped files
Quite often I try and download a TAP and instead of saving the file it opens it as a webpage full of gobbledegook.
Is this a Windows setting? How do I get around it?
Is this a Windows setting? How do I get around it?
Re: opening non zipped files
Right-click and choose 'Save as'.
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Re: opening non zipped files
It is quite likely the web server not being configured with the correct mime type for the file. It probably defaults to delivering it down as text and your browser displays it as such.
Re: opening non zipped files
That's not an available option, the closest is 'Save target as' which only saves the .htm of the link.
[duffer]Is that something I can change or is it the place providing the file?[/duffer]
For example it's happening with all the .bbsongs at http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/showcase/
Re: opening non zipped files
Ordinarily it is something that needs to be fixed by whoever hosts the files.
I experience the same problem with that site though. Affects Internet Explorer, but not Firefox or Chrome. Suggest you switch browser and try again?
I experience the same problem with that site though. Affects Internet Explorer, but not Firefox or Chrome. Suggest you switch browser and try again?
Re: opening non zipped files
The part that puzzles me is this:
The .bbsongs on the Beepola showcase aren't being delivered as .htm. The links go directly to the .bbsong files. So it is definately your browser doing this.
I wouldn't consider IE a valid option for browsing in 2018. To everyone who still uses it: Please stop doing that. You're creating an unnecessary risk for yourself and everyone else.
Re: opening non zipped files
Yes, use a modern browser please
If Windows recognizes the extension, it should open the associated program immediately when the download stops.
If not Windows will ask and you can try to create that association. Usually it works!
If Windows recognizes the extension, it should open the associated program immediately when the download stops.
If not Windows will ask and you can try to create that association. Usually it works!
Re: opening non zipped files
If switching browser is the solution then that's good enough for me.
I might regret asking this but why don't we like IE? And why does IE decide these files are text and others don't?
I might regret asking this but why don't we like IE? And why does IE decide these files are text and others don't?
Re: opening non zipped files
Aside from incorrect rendering and lack of support for some newer web techniques, the main problem with IE is that it provides little protection against common "hacking" attacks.
Sadly, nowadays the whole browser market looks pretty bleak. Edge is a privacy nightmare and still falls short in terms of security. Chromium and other Blink-based browsers (Opera etc.) are RAM leeches beyond compare (and standard Chrome is another privacy disaster). Firefox is almost equally slow and RAM-hungry (I've heard things have improved with the new Rust-based engine though), and Mozilla seems to think that changing the UI every 3 months should be a priority over everything else. Last but not least, Safari is a bug-ridden joke. Still, I believe IE is the worst possible option.
As to why IE thinks .bbsongs are text files, gotta ask that to Bill Gates I guess
Sadly, nowadays the whole browser market looks pretty bleak. Edge is a privacy nightmare and still falls short in terms of security. Chromium and other Blink-based browsers (Opera etc.) are RAM leeches beyond compare (and standard Chrome is another privacy disaster). Firefox is almost equally slow and RAM-hungry (I've heard things have improved with the new Rust-based engine though), and Mozilla seems to think that changing the UI every 3 months should be a priority over everything else. Last but not least, Safari is a bug-ridden joke. Still, I believe IE is the worst possible option.
As to why IE thinks .bbsongs are text files, gotta ask that to Bill Gates I guess
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Re: opening non zipped files
Because IE decides that
these files are text and others don’t.
You just don’t know how to cook it. Works fine for me. (Unless, of course, you’re referring to the discontinued Windows version.)
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and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Re: opening non zipped files
Chris Cowley must have told him his wife belongs in a zoo or something.