Everytime I view a document, I get a box asking me "What would you like to do with this file?". I just want to open it, but cannot uncheck the "Always ask this before opening this type of file". How do I uncheck the flag?.


For Windows ME, 98, 2000 users:

When you select a link to a .tif file in IE, the browser will always prompt you to either open or save the file unless you clear the "Always ask before opening this type of file" check box. However, a bug in IE 6.0 can cause the browser to lose this setting, forcing you to make a decision each time you access a .tif file. To resolve this problem, perform the following steps:

*Important - the following steps are for informational purposes only. Performing the following steps on your computer can corrupt your operating system and cause your computer to fail.

Click START, then click RUN and type regedit.exe. This should bring up the registry editor.


First, backup the registry by clicking FILE, then click EXPORT REGISTRYFILE. Type in BACKUP for the file name. Click SAVE.



Navigate to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tif subkey.

Double-click the Default value and change the value data from TIFImage.Document to Imaging.Document.

Navigate to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tiff subkey.

Double-click the Default value and change the value data from TIFImage.Document to Imaging.Document.

Close the registry editor.

The problem occurs because TIFImage.Document and Imaging.Document share the same class identifier (CLSID) but the reverse lookup points back to only Imaging.Document when you access a .tif file. Hence, IE 6.0 ignores the registry settings for TIFImage.Document.

     
For Windows XP users:  
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