Yahoo looses the file name during download

Windows 10 bit. If you change your download setting from a single fixed folder to showing the Save As dialog every time, you can edit the file name as well as choose the location.

Please see this article for where to change that setting: Startup, home page, tabs, and download settings. Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version You must remove the older programs. Then get the current full installer. Search Support Search. If you try the same steps in your web browser, does the file get named correctly?

Do you have an outlook account and do you see the same behaviour here? If you try e-mailing yourself a PDF such as this one and then press the download right beneath it does that work? Thomas added account:microsoft more-info labels Aug 3, Thanks, I see the same now! Thomas added bug and removed more-info labels Aug 4, Thomas added this to the Version 3.

Thomas added a commit that referenced this issue Aug 4, Ensure filename is persisted when remembering last download location … …. Thomas added the waiting-release label Aug 4, Thomas added in-beta and removed waiting-release labels Aug 4, Thanks Thomas. That fixed the issue for me.

Thomas mentioned this issue Aug 14, Issue with attachment names when trying to download them Thomas mentioned this issue Aug 24, NOTE: Verify if you have already the " RewriteEngine on " on your file, if yes, add only the second for each file you wish to redirect.

Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow. Learn more. How to set name of file downloaded from browser? Ask Question. Asked 11 years, 5 months ago. Active 3 months ago. Viewed 95k times. Sparafusile Sparafusile 4, 6 6 gold badges 34 34 silver badges 53 53 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. That's what I did, when I created a xlsx file and the browser want to save it as zip file.

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Thanks for that. I figured that was the case, just wanted to make absolutely sure. You've deleted the question you are linking.