Re: more Sourceforge download problems

de Achim Nolcken Lohse 06/16/2006 07:12

On 15 Jun 2006 05:10:03 -0700, "Elf Wizard" <giorgos67@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>Achim Nolcken Lohse wrote:
>> A couple of weeks ago I reported inability to download KeePass from
>> Sourceforge, today I ran into the same problem with 7-zip442.
>>
>> When I click on the download link in IE, it shows an html extension
>> for the file, and the download consists of a 14KB file with an "exe"
>> extention.
>>
>> Same thing happens with Star Downloader.
>>
>> There doesn't seem to be any site that carries 7-zip except
>> Sourceforge, so I'm stumped. I'll probably stick to versions vetted by
>> the group here, so it's not a great loss, but it's annoying to run
>> into this problem repeatedly at Sourceforge.
>>
>> Anyone have an explanation or solution?
>>
>> I'm running IE 5.01 and Star Downloader 1.42 under Win98SE, and they
>> seem to handle downloads normally at most sites.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Achim
>> _____/)
>> axethetax
>
>
>Hi Achim, hi all, :-)
>
>The 14KB exe file isn't an exe at all. Its actually only a link to
>mirror's page. That's why Star can't handle it.
>There is an easy workarround (working on my system).
>Before clicking on link, disable Star's integration (on tray icon left
>click and uncheck "Browse Integration").
>Then click the link. This is opening the download page. Now you can
>reenable Star's integration (on tray icon left click and check "Browse
>Integration").
>If the download couldn't start automatically, or start with IE, click
>on download link, or left click it and choose "Download with Star".
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Best Regards!!!

Hi Giorgio,

Thanks for the tip. I tried it on the 7-zip (Sourceforge) site, and it
worked for an IE download but not for Star Downloader. To start the
download, you have to click on a button that says "click here to start
your download", when you do, IE opens the save to disk dialogue, even
though Star Downloader's browser integration is checked again. And
right clicking on the button doesn't work - I get a browser edit menu
with all the options greyed out.

>Giorgos. :-)
>

--

Achim
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axethetax