150736 - all downloads default to MIDI format

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 189598

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[cj anderson]

when selecting a link to an exe-file, a zip-file, etc., browser attempts to save
it as midi-file.  the same behavior occurs when 'save target as' is selected
from the context menu

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Build ID ?
sample URL ?

Comment 2

[cj anderson]

build ID is 2002053012

problem may be more generic than I thought -- today it is sticking as txt-file.
regardless, the problem is annoying but not critical (except at 3:00am)

Comment 3

[cj anderson]

build 2002053012
win98

problem may be more general -- last d/l attempt defaulted to txt on type zip and
attempted to run rar

Comment 4

[cj anderson]

Attachment: screen shot of error

Comment 5

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

-> File Handling

wfm with win2k build 20020606.. and the URL from the screenshot

Comment 6

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

do you have an entry in edit/preferences/helper apps for
application/octet-stream, with an extension of .mid?

Comment 7

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 189598 ***