Re: problem downloading exe file on server 2003 iis with sp1

Did you add a MIME extension for .exe? If not, IIS6 won't allow it to be
downloaded.

Dan

techy wrote on 9 Jun 2006 07:09:14 -0700:

its only 404 simply saying file or folder not found or removed but its
working fine with msi files

but not working with exe files

regards

Bernard Cheah [MVP] wrote:
What about the win32 status code? is the reference path correct?
You don't need the web service extension if you just want to provide
download for the exe file.

Read more -
http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/archive/2005/10/17/HOWTO_Allow_file_downloads_including_exe_on_IIS_6_Part_2.aspx

double check the substatus code again.
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Regards,
Bernard Cheah
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http://www.iis-resources.com/
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"techy" <ashish.techy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1149797024.532572.166870@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
i am having problems setting up a page to allow the download or run of

an EXE to do an installation routine with IIS 6.0 on windows 2003
server
msi runs fine

Internet Explorer cannot download esinst.exe from myserver

Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The
requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try
again later.

there is no sub error with 404

i have tried web extensions but no use its so slow and never completes

Thanks.




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