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Windows Me - Do not open downloads with a program

November 25, 2013
Updated: December 6, 2021
Quick overview:

When you download a file and the download is complete, Explorer usually appears with the desired destination from which you open the data. However, it may well happen that you select the "Always confirm before opening this file type because this opens the linked program after the download starts immediately. There is now no way back, because the dialog in which you could change this has disappeared. To solve this problem, proceed as follows:

1. Click in the "Workplace on "Extras/Folder options/File types. Select your file type and click on "Extended.

2. Now check the box next to "Confirm opening after downloading.

From now on, the file type in question will no longer be opened with the intended program, but the traditional download dialog will appear.

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in the 90s. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write elsewhere, for example for PC-Praxis, Computer Bild and PCWorld in the USA. Microsoft also poached him from us. Now Sandro is back, finally sharing his tweaks here again. For a stress-free digital everyday life. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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