236127 - WinZip opens to extract contents of Zip file vs. Saving file on local drive.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[Bob Hansen]

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla/1.7a, 1.4 (Windows)

Happening in version 1.7a and 1.4 which I reinstalled.

Selecting a Zip file to download, and never get an option to Save or Open.  Open
happens right away.  So unable to save Zip file.  Need to extract to local
drive, and then rezip them.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Click on a link to a ZIP file.

Actual Results:  
WinZip opens up

Expected Results:  
Expected option to Save or to Open the file.

Using WinZip Beta 9.0

This does not happen with MSIE.  Options to Save/Open are there.
This does not happen with Netscape 4.7  Options to Save/Open are there.
This does not happen with Netscape 6.2  Options to Save/Open are there.
This does not happen with Netscape 7.1  Options to Save/Open are there.

Comment 1

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Preferences -> Navigator [Helper Applications]
Edit the file type application/zip and choose always ask me what to do before
handling files of this type.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

This bug has had no comments for a long time. Statistically, we have found that
bug reports that have not been confirmed by a second user after three months are
highly unlikely to be the source of a fix to the code.

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.