[thelist] Strange IIS behavior

Jeff Lucido jlucido at version4.com
Wed Sep 4 16:03:01 CDT 2002


Evolters:

I have a strange problem occurring with one of our IIS servers.
Specifically, we are trying to "serve" an executable file from a path on
our webserver (i.e. http:///www.mysite.com/files/test.exe). We have done
this numerous times in the past. The strange part is I can place a zip
file, a cab file or a ini file and the browser always prompts me to
"save" the file. To make things weirder I renamed the .zip file with a
.exe extension and I was no longer able to download the file.  I have
looked at permissions galore, mime types and firewall behaviors (which
by the way is not an issue since I get the same results whether I am on
the same network or if I am browsing from an external network). This is
pretty strange and I am stumped. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks!
-JSLucido



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