Closed Bug 333744 Opened 18 years ago Closed 16 years ago

to open .exe it asks what to open it with; so i have to save instead of just opening it from a temporary file

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
Download & File Handling
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 91969

People

(Reporter: madmatg, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: H'n'C) 

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060130 SeaMonkey/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060130 SeaMonkey/1.0

when downloading, if i just want to open a .exe file it asks for a program to open it with; dont know what program to open it with since its a .exe. this might just be my computer illiteracy. but i end up having to save the file and delete later after i've installed the program.

thanks
Matt

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.download a .exe
2.try to open instead of save
3.asks what program to open with

Actual Results:  
have to save it to my computer and delete it later after its installed

Expected Results:  
just save the file to a temp file and open it
Duplicate of/related to bug 154448 (-> Core bug 106094 -> Core bug 81703 -> Core bug 91969)?
Yes. WFM, BTW.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Whiteboard: H'n'C
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