temp files wtf? [Archive] - Icrontic Forums

TheBaron

6 Oct 2003, 6:36am

having some wierd problems with my web browsers at the moment. it seems that whenever i want to DL a file i must choose "save as" and can't choose "open" , due to these errors below

IE 6:
http://home.austin.rr.com/thebaron/untitled.JPG

Mozilla:
http://home.austin.rr.com/thebaron/untitled1.JPG

any ideas?

WinXP Pro
running NortonAV, Symantec Firewall (doesn't matter if i turn them off)

Mt_Goat

6 Oct 2003, 3:46pm

Have you pooked to see if it is still there?

TheBaron

6 Oct 2003, 7:01pm

the TEMP folder that firebird refers to is there, but the temp files folder that IE is talking about is not.

im going to assume my environment variables are all borked and do a repair install.

TheLostSwede

6 Oct 2003, 7:33pm

Baron, are they Torrents that you are trying to download?

I got that same as well but since, i save the files and open it with the client instead.

Edit, i see its not torrents...hmmm...which proggy can you use to open those files?

primesuspect

6 Oct 2003, 7:38pm

Just out of curiousity, have you tried running a chkdsk on that drive?

chkdsk c: /f

it'll check disk at bootup.

TheBaron

6 Oct 2003, 11:49pm

ran a full chkdsk /r off the WinXP cd, did a repair install, still no go. any other suggestions?

mackanz, those are winamp skins, i dont know how to DL them other than clicking the download button off the winamp site, which auto opens them :-/

i have an idea -
last week i was fiddling around with my machine and i stumbled upon a ghosted user account called ASE .Net passport something or other. being the space conserving fiend that i am, i didn't like having it there... so i got rid of it. i have no idea whether or not this has anything to do with my problem, but .NET has done funky things to me before, so i'm gonna try reinstalling it

TheLostSwede

7 Oct 2003, 12:55am

Baron, i know it sounds like i think you are stupid (which i DONT)but whatever happened to "Right-click and save as"? Then open the skins from Winamp? Or isn�t it possible?

TheBaron

7 Oct 2003, 2:08am

well see that would be fine, except for links that redirect to other download pages, i.e. go to www.winamp.com/skins and look at any DL link.

its a redirect and then auto open

danball1976

7 Oct 2003, 2:58am

I had that problem when trying to download bittorrent files after uninstalling DC++. All I had to do to fix that was uninstall bittorrent and then reinstall it.

TheBaron

7 Oct 2003, 3:09am

except mine does it for files of every type, not just BT files

Leonardo

7 Oct 2003, 3:19am

Enlighten me please: what is a torrent or bittorrent file?

danball1976

7 Oct 2003, 3:25am

Bittorrent is a swarming P2P application. All files end with the .torrent extension, so that you will have *filename.extension.torrent*

Example is given here:
http://a.scarywater.net/aone/[Aone] Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi Promo [66D42DA0].avi.torrent

Note that beginning speed is slow, it will gain speed as it connects to more peers

Leonardo

7 Oct 2003, 1:18pm

Thanks, Dan.

danball1976

8 Oct 2003, 5:17am

Your welcome. I would have figured that you would have known that one.

maxanon

15 Oct 2003, 10:36pm

Stupid question:

Did you clear the cache? How much space do you have on the drive? Have you set a limit on the cache size?

Look at your file extensions and see if they're properly associated. Can you double click on a file on your desktop and have it open automatically?

What version of winamp are you using?

BTW: I was able to right click and "save target as" and the .wal file was downloaded.