Re: Downloacing wintel executables

Steve Hyman(steveh[at]practech.com)
Tue, 7 Jul 1998 17:49:20 -0400

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How do I get this posted? Is it that I sent it from an alternate
account?
From: winmac@xerxes.frit.utexas.edu (The Windows-MacOS cooperation list)
To: MacCeolaf@aol.com
>>PCs (using floppies or zip disks). I have had problems downloading
>>upgrades and files for PC programs using Netscape 4.04 to my Mac.
>>Instead of getting a file capture I get a binary dump appearing on my
>>browser window. Any way get my mac browser to recognize that these are
>>file capture.
>
>Quite easily, in fact.
>You need to go to "Applications" settings, or helpers. It literally
>tells the browser what to do with files. You can tell it to save
>files of type .exe or .zip by default.
>With Navigator/Communicator, it is in the preferences, the tab for
>Navigaotor, and the Applications option. Just add a new type, for
>.exe and tell it to save to disk.
>
>This will automatically sae care of all .exe links that might ever
>click on.
>
>ceolaf
><http://www.thememorysource.com/MacinThoughts/>

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