.docx becomes .zip when opened from web

Hey yall, I figured it out... you are running winzip, the most popular
zip program in the world right now correct? well I put 2 fixes up, one
screenshot on my silly page. Leave me a comment if I helped, I don't
know if it is worth spending my time writing these little how tos..
http://windowsnerd.com/2009/04/17/xl...e-in-explorer/

hugs, pete


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my problem was similar. several machines saving .docx or .xlsx as a .docx.zip. unzipping didn't work. It isn't a MIME/server side thing, i tried on IIS, apache and ruby with mongrels. Tired of repeating myself at this point, decided to give 15 min to the internet and answer the question, heres a screenshot and instructions, tell me if this works or doesn't and i'll try to help more. windowsnerd.com » .xlsx and .docx are being saved as a zip file in explorer?

toodleooo, pete

Hi, I have IIS 5.1 installed on my computer with windows xp pro (sp2). I
use Coldfusion MX.
I have added the mime types to my IIS.
I've also added these mime types to the metabase.bin.
However, when i access my website (with IE7 )on localhost the problem
still remains.
The office 2007 files are stll being downloaded as .zip files.
Any sugestions ???


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In article <sam111986.3xm57b@DoNotSpam.com>, Sam111986 wrote:
> Hi, I have IIS 5.1 installed on my computer with windows xp pro (sp2). I
> use Coldfusion MX.
> I have added the mime types to my IIS.
> I've also added these mime types to the metabase.bin.
> However, when i access my website (with IE7 )on localhost the problem
> still remains.
> The office 2007 files are stll being downloaded as .zip files.
> Any sugestions ???

This may help:

Office files don't download correctly from a Web Server; saved as zip
files instead
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00911.htm

In particular, see the part about changing the IE security settings.

tried that too didn't work


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We have the same problem here at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. It has
something to do with IE security settings. If a site is not trusted ie
will open the file read the file header and makes a dission on what
program to use. In case of a docx file it will use zip because it is a
zip file. We discovered that the problem was with non IIS web servers
who didn't have the correct mime types configured on the server.

We found two option to workaround this problem. You either add the mime
type to the webserver or you add the site to your trusted sites so IE
uses the file exstension and not the file header.

Hope this analyses helps... It's not a bug it's a security feature.


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That worked for me. Thanks! (Adding the site to my trusted sites in IE
Security). Now my docx and xlsx files save and open with MS Office
tools instead of thinking they are Zip files.


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