I am close to madness with Vista. I am trying to download files from the
internet which are .exe Vista takes me through the whole process of asking
whether I want to open or save the file and I have tried doing both. A
dialogue box opens and it appears to be opening/saving, but when it has
finished it neither opens or has saved. I have tried to amend the .exe to
..doc, but I don't have the option to do this.



PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP!!! I don't have the money, time or resources to
purchase and revert back to XP.

"Anita" <Anita@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am close to madness with Vista. I am trying to download files from the
> internet which are .exe Vista takes me through the whole process of
> asking
> whether I want to open or save the file and I have tried doing both. A
> dialogue box opens and it appears to be opening/saving, but when it has
> finished it neither opens or has saved. I have tried to amend the .exe to
> .doc, but I don't have the option to do this.
>
> PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP!!! I don't have the money, time or resources to
> purchase and revert back to XP.

You save the file to a temporary folder, you use Explorer, go to the file,
right-click it, Properties, Unblock button. You can see if that does the
trick. You also may have to use Run As Administrator to get it to run.

http://itsvista.com/2007/01/itsvista...apps-on-vista/

You should always save your downloaded files into
C:\Users\YourName\Downloads. there is absolutely no way any Vista will
prohibit you to do it.

In Windows Explorer find your folder C:\Users\YourName\downloads, drag it
into the left pane where Documents and Music icons are shown. This is just
for convenience, since you seem to be doing a lot of downloads. Next time
you download you will click on this icon and see the whole folder.

Also there is a chance that you are able to download but your files are not
visible.

Control Panel>>Appearance and Personalization>>Folder Options>>Show Hidden
files and Folders>>Hidden Files and folders Node>>Check Show Hidden Files
And Folders.


"Anita" <Anita@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F1DE136E-10BE-4EA9-AAC0-7E60A35DA885@xxxxxx

>I am close to madness with Vista. I am trying to download files from the
> internet which are .exe Vista takes me through the whole process of
> asking
> whether I want to open or save the file and I have tried doing both. A
> dialogue box opens and it appears to be opening/saving, but when it has
> finished it neither opens or has saved. I have tried to amend the .exe to
> .doc, but I don't have the option to do this.
>
> PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP!!! I don't have the money, time or resources to
> purchase and revert back to XP.

Take a look at these articles from Ramesh showing how to fix .exe file
association.

http://tinyurl.com/yrrf3s

http://tinyurl.com/2xsewp


"Will Sniffer" wrote:

> Anita
>
> I have exactly the same problem. Download fails include Adobe from its main
> site and other sites, Nvidia update .exe files, messenger etc etc - basically
> every .exe file I download will appear on my machine but not execute. If I
> try to run it directly that also fails Commonest problem is for "program has
> stopped working" to appear with APP CRASH when I ask for more details and
> solution finder cannot help. I've tried turning protection off whether it be
> IE7 security, UAC or anti virus etc but all to no avail and previous posting
> hasn't offered solution. Like you if I make hard copy to CD then it will run!
>
> Mine was a clean install to a new HDD so overwriting XP can't be to blame -
> I'm currently dual booting to XP on another HD to save some frustration.
>
> I was interested to read "mayayana's" comments about registry tweaks and I
> can only think it is a local setting that needs a change so if you're out
> there I'd be keen to try anything!!
>
> Hope you find a fix to this headache.
>
> Will
>
> "Anita" wrote:
>

> > I am close to madness with Vista. I am trying to download files from the
> > internet which are .exe Vista takes me through the whole process of asking
> > whether I want to open or save the file and I have tried doing both. A
> > dialogue box opens and it appears to be opening/saving, but when it has
> > finished it neither opens or has saved. I have tried to amend the .exe to
> > .doc, but I don't have the option to do this.
> >
> > PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP!!! I don't have the money, time or resources to
> > purchase and revert back to XP.