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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Download of Compressed (ZIP) files
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2002 16:05:50 -0500
References: <5.2.0.9.2.20021202090055.02f20e70@pop3.norton.antivirus>
In-Reply-To: <001401c29a26$c96a0b00$557f0050@caroline>


Caroline Gurney wrote:
>Your first solution doesn't work for me. IE adds the ZIP extension to a CSC
>or SQZ file even when "Save as File Type" is set to "All files". The only
>solution is to rename the file to remove the ZIP extension after download &
>prior to import into TMG.
>
>Others might like to try it out by experimenting with downloading the 2
>files UKTMG4.CSC & UKTMG5.SQZ from Lee's TMG Tips site at:
>http://www.tmgtips.com/uksrctypes.htm . This is where I am encountering the
>problem.

A better option would be to add the two file types (SQZ and CSC) to the
File Associations list in your Windows. The easy way is to open Windows
Explorer or My Computer and select Tools=>Folder Options to display the
Folder Options window. Click on the File Type tab. Then for each desired
file type, click on the New button and enter the desired file type (SQZ,
CSC, CFG, or whatever). Following this, highlight the entry you just added
and click on the Advanced button. In the field at the top (will have some
generic entry it it, like FT0000n), change that entry to a short
description of the file type. For example, TMG Backup, TMG Custom Source
Categories, TMG Configuration Backup, or whatever. When finished click on
the OK button.

Any downloads of those files will be saved with that file extension and not
the ZIP extension.

Hope this helps -

Lee Hoffman/KY
TMG Tips: <http://www.tmgtips.com>;
My website: <http://www.tmgtips.com/lhoffman>;
A user of the best genealogy program, The Master Genealogist (TMG)

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