282076 - all files download as Macromedia Dreamweaver format

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Zach]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

Whenever I try to download a document that was made in Microsoft Word, it is
downloaded as a Macromedia Dreamweaver file, and won't open correctly (whenever
I try to open the file in word, it comes out as an untelligible string of random
characters).

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download any word file
2. Once download is finished, right click on the document.
3. Click "Open With..."
4. Choose "Microsoft Word"

Actual Results:  
The document opens slowly, and the result is an untelligible string of
characters (not coding).

Expected Results:  
The document should have opened with Microsoft Word as the default program, and
should result in normal words.

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Does this happens for *all* word files? Regardless of the server it's hosted on?
Does it work in IE?

Comment 2

[Zach]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Does this happens for *all* word files? Regardless of the server it's hosted on?
> Does it work in IE?


I'm not sure if it happens on all servers, but this happens on my laptop and
home computer. Yes, it does work in IE.

Comment 3

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Odds are it is a content-type issue. Does http://glensharp.com/Test.doc work?

Comment 4

[Zach]

yeah. Maybe it was just where I was getting it from.

Comment 5

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

It must be an issue with the server in that case. Resolving as WFM.