.wba files downloading strangely
Friday, November 23, 2001 by kith | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Anybody else have this problem? When I download a .wba file it downloads straightaway into my local IE cache folder without prompting. However if it is in .zip, and other extensions, it brings up the download box and allows me to choose the folder to place file into. I don't think I have changed any system settings and this only started happening in the last few days. Any ideas...?
paxx
Reply #3 Friday, November 23, 2001 2:06 PM
Reply #3 Friday, November 23, 2001 2:06 PM
Strange, that's new. It didn't use to do that... Indeed it does it every time now. 
Have to right-click "save target as" for now...
Have to right-click "save target as" for now...
Firestorm
Reply #4 Friday, November 23, 2001 3:26 PM
Reply #4 Friday, November 23, 2001 3:26 PM
It's happened before. I always thought it was a choice on the Administrators' part.
Snowman
Reply #5 Friday, November 23, 2001 4:57 PM
Reply #5 Friday, November 23, 2001 4:57 PM
hmm... strange, it ain't happening to me.... getting the download box on both .zip and .wba!
kith
Reply #6 Friday, November 23, 2001 10:13 PM
Reply #6 Friday, November 23, 2001 10:13 PM
Right Click and "Save As", sometimes the simple things just don't even occur to you when you are used to doing soemthing a certain way! 
Thanks Paxx....
Thanks Paxx....
davad70
Reply #7 Saturday, November 24, 2001 12:14 AM
Reply #7 Saturday, November 24, 2001 12:14 AM
This has been happening to me for months....I figured it had something to do with file associations....I've become a master of the right click.
Grog
Reply #9 Saturday, November 24, 2001 8:24 AM
Reply #9 Saturday, November 24, 2001 8:24 AM
Sounds like at some point you accidentally unchecked the "Always ask before opening this type of file" so that every time you click on the download link Internet Explorer decides to either download it to a default location or install it like when you double-click on a .wba file.
XRAYSPEX
Reply #10 Saturday, November 24, 2001 9:06 AM
Reply #10 Saturday, November 24, 2001 9:06 AM
I never changed settings. This has been happening to me recently too.
Einstein
Reply #11 Friday, November 30, 2001 12:09 PM
Reply #11 Friday, November 30, 2001 12:09 PM
I too have noticed this. Somehow one of the WB versions (probably a beta) changed the .WBA settings to NOT prompt on download. I'll see if I can get in and change them back (if this is indeed the issue).
If all works well, I'll report my findings. Otherwise, with whom at Stardock do we raise this issue?
If all works well, I'll report my findings. Otherwise, with whom at Stardock do we raise this issue?
Einstein
Reply #12 Friday, November 30, 2001 12:15 PM
Reply #12 Friday, November 30, 2001 12:15 PM
Yep - that is the culprit. Go into your "File Types" and look at the WBA properties. You will notice that the "Confirm open on download" (or something like that), will be UNchecked. You need to check that box. Zip files have this box checked, so they prompt for download location.
Who at Stardock is behind this? Let the guilty speak now, or forever be acursed!
Who at Stardock is behind this? Let the guilty speak now, or forever be acursed!
feline
Reply #13 Friday, November 30, 2001 12:54 PM
Reply #13 Friday, November 30, 2001 12:54 PM
just to help us arm chair detectives out, which stardock employies have you had round your house lately?
it was probably one of them, playing with your IE settings
or perhaps it was someone else who wanted to make sure their skins were automatically installed on downloading
it was probably one of them, playing with your IE settings
or perhaps it was someone else who wanted to make sure their skins were automatically installed on downloading
GreenReaper
Reply #14 Friday, November 30, 2001 1:02 PM
Reply #14 Friday, November 30, 2001 1:02 PM
What's actually the problem with this? If you want to save files, right-click and save as, but for most instances, people who click on skin archives in IE want them to be installed, so that's what WB does. Saves on people going "so what do I *do* with these?"
kith
Reply #15 Saturday, December 1, 2001 1:18 AM
Reply #15 Saturday, December 1, 2001 1:18 AM
Mr Einstein - Worked like a charm, thank you so much, I really appreciate it.
GreenReaper - For some people this might be a nice option. For me I have downloaded .wba files organized into specific folders and load skins from wbconfig. I usually only keep about 20 skins unpacked in WB at any given time. Downloading this way puts the .wba file into the local IE cache which gets deleted on regular basis. So if you delete the skin out of WB the only way to get it back is to download it again or pop in the CD... You also don't know if you're getting a .zip or .wba file. It is nice to know that it will work either way though, I like options...
GreenReaper - For some people this might be a nice option. For me I have downloaded .wba files organized into specific folders and load skins from wbconfig. I usually only keep about 20 skins unpacked in WB at any given time. Downloading this way puts the .wba file into the local IE cache which gets deleted on regular basis. So if you delete the skin out of WB the only way to get it back is to download it again or pop in the CD...
You also don't know if you're getting a .zip or .wba file. It is nice to know that it will work either way though, I like options... Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
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Reply #1 Friday, November 23, 2001 12:52 PM