Whatever I download a .exe file on Netscape 7 it saves as a .jpg file - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Necronomicom · 06-02-2003, 01:04 AM

and it won't let me change it to exe, therefore I can't run it....

SecretMethod70 · 06-02-2003, 01:08 AM

Honestly, I don't know why that would happen - can you not change the name to .exe AFTER it's saved through Windows?

That said...and I hate to answer a question with "use this nistead" but it really applies here...go to www.mozilla.org and get that. You'll be MUCH happier I think. It's basically Netscape (coded by some of the same people but also open source so it has lots of little addons at www.mozdev.org as well) but it DOESN'T have all those ads and stuff. And most of the time it gets features before Netscape does.

Necronomicom · 06-02-2003, 01:34 AM

when i try to rename the files adding .exe to it, it becomes something like this:

filename.exe.jpg

...

Nomad · 06-02-2003, 01:54 AM

If renaming the file does not work, after you downloaded It, the problem may be with windows, not Netscrap.

Have you tried using another browser (Internet Explorer) to download the file?

Necronomicom · 06-02-2003, 01:57 AM

the .exe downloads works fine on iexplorer, the problem is with netcape.

SecretMethod70 · 06-02-2003, 02:14 AM

wow that IS very odd because after it's downloaded you should be able to rename the file just fine - if it's just a problem with Netscape.

Try closing Netscape completely - all windows AND the taskbar quicklaunch if you use that - and THEN try to rename the file through Windows. If it is a problem with Netscape I don't see any reason why that shouldn't work.

As for a permanent solution, I'm still in the dark as I don't even know what's causing it to get an idea.

Necronomicom · 06-02-2003, 02:33 AM

take a look at the pics

longjohns · 06-02-2003, 05:21 AM

check the mime types in netscape??

darkure · 06-02-2003, 05:30 AM

I don't know why it is happening but this might work to change the ending:

In Explorer, got to "Tools" -> Folder Options and somwhere in there is a choice to "Hide extensions of know file types" Make sure this is unchecked. After doing this, right click on a file and choose "rename." Change the ending from ".jpg" to ".exe" and the program should work. It will ask if you are sure you want to change the extension because it might not work properly after that, but yes you want to change it to .exe

Necronomicom · 06-02-2003, 06:21 AM

thx for the tip darkure, now i can change the file to .exe

06-02-2003, 01:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
Necronomicom Insane Location: Brazil	Whatever I download a .exe file on Netscape 7 it saves as a .jpg file and it won't let me change it to exe, therefore I can't run it....

06-02-2003, 01:08 AM	#2 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	Honestly, I don't know why that would happen - can you not change the name to .exe AFTER it's saved through Windows? That said...and I hate to answer a question with "use this nistead" but it really applies here...go to www.mozilla.org and get that. You'll be MUCH happier I think. It's basically Netscape (coded by some of the same people but also open source so it has lots of little addons at www.mozdev.org as well) but it DOESN'T have all those ads and stuff. And most of the time it gets features before Netscape does. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

06-02-2003, 02:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	wow that IS very odd because after it's downloaded you should be able to rename the file just fine - if it's just a problem with Netscape. Try closing Netscape completely - all windows AND the taskbar quicklaunch if you use that - and THEN try to rename the file through Windows. If it is a problem with Netscape I don't see any reason why that shouldn't work. As for a permanent solution, I'm still in the dark as I don't even know what's causing it to get an idea. __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

06-02-2003, 05:30 AM	#9 (permalink)
darkure Addict Location: Dodging the ice pick	I don't know why it is happening but this might work to change the ending: In Explorer, got to "Tools" -> Folder Options and somwhere in there is a choice to "Hide extensions of know file types" Make sure this is unchecked. After doing this, right click on a file and choose "rename." Change the ending from ".jpg" to ".exe" and the program should work. It will ask if you are sure you want to change the extension because it might not work properly after that, but yes you want to change it to .exe __________________ COYW

06-02-2003, 01:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
Necronomicom Insane Location: Brazil	when i try to rename the files adding .exe to it, it becomes something like this: filename.exe.jpg ...

06-02-2003, 01:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
Nomad Heathen Location: California	If renaming the file does not work, after you downloaded It, the problem may be with windows, not Netscrap. Have you tried using another browser (Internet Explorer) to download the file?

06-02-2003, 01:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
Necronomicom Insane Location: Brazil	the .exe downloads works fine on iexplorer, the problem is with netcape.

06-02-2003, 02:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
Necronomicom Insane Location: Brazil	take a look at the pics

06-02-2003, 05:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
longjohns Insane	check the mime types in netscape??

06-02-2003, 06:21 AM	#10 (permalink)
Necronomicom Insane Location: Brazil	thx for the tip darkure, now i can change the file to .exe