When I used to click on an mp3 link it would download it to the download folder. For some strange reason, now when i click on an mp3 link it streams it in windows media player. Any ideas on how i can revert back to being able to save them? (without having to right click>>save as)
thanks
Hi,
please tell us which browser you are using, I think I know what the issue is, but just to be sure, we need more info from you.
im using ie9 beta (win7).
With chrome 7 it opens the mp3 in a new webpage in a very basic player (I'm not sure which). From what i've seen online this is an issue with chrome.
However, I know that mp3 files should download properly on ie9 beta as they did for me 2 days ago!
Copy the below into Notepad, change it to a .reg file, and double click on it. (Keep in mind it will present the "save as" dialog for many file types, not just mp3.)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions]
"AlwaysPromptWhenDownload"=dword:00000001
thanks! works perfectly:)
Could you adjust the regedit so that it auto downloads and saves the file as was default. thanks
I'm still confused as to what i could have done to change the settings and think its a little strange that windows doesnt have an option to easily adjust this.
Do you have any idea how one would apply this fix to chrome7?
thanks but that just makes win media player open again.
My mp3 files are on a blog. First I embedded the mp3 in a win media plugin (for streaming) and then included a direct link to download the file.
If the blog is opened on chrome, the streaming works fine but when i try to click on the direct link (save link as) it can take 35+ seconds for the save dialog window to open. (for comparison, on ie 9 it takes about 1 second. )
I found that if i disabled the win media player plugin on chrome, then the download would start straight away! Any idea as to why this would happen and how i can avoid it?
thanks
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