IE 6 sp2 problem, browser or website?

[SubmissoR]

I have run into a bug, has anyone else had this problem? It only seems to happen on certain computers, not others:

On 1 page of a client's site, when you click the links it opens the page within c:\Documents and settings\local settings\temporary internet files\content.ie5\etc etc rather than http://www.example.com/page.html and all the images are broken, the css doesn't load.

I notice it says IE5 within the url bar, could this be a problem with IE6 SP2? Or the page itself?

Thanks

[edited by: tedster at 7:26 pm (utc) on Oct. 7, 2004]
[edit reason] de-link the url [/edit]

[jatar_k]

It sounds like the path is wrong

check the source on the link and see if it has that path in there

[SubmissoR]

It does have the right path, its an absolute url.

Funny thing is it only happens on some computers, not others

[Wertigon]

Sounds like the classic Peek-A-Boo bug. It's nothing new for IE6 SP2, although it is annoying...

[SubmissoR]

no, I don't think so, the peek a boo looks like something completely different, nothing to do with lkinks opening like that, into your local temp files instead of the webpage..

Maybe a clue is that it is opening a temp folder labled IE5 when its IE6?

[SubmissoR]

It looks like its happening on computers withOUT XP's SP2, but with IE6 SP2

[Wertigon]

Hmm, wierd...

Is the page in Quirks mode? That's really the only other thing I can think of that'd cause this...

[SubmissoR]

OK, I figured it out!
Thank you safecenter .net

IE requests for a web page, if web server responds an invalid Content-Type and the file extension(either in URL or in the filename field of Content-Disposition), the downloaded web page will be opened in the cache directoy. On some systems, a download prompt will pop up, instead openning immediately.

I added a doc-type to the page, no more problem....only took 3 hours of searching to fix it!

[pram123]

Hi,

I am facing the same issue with IE6 SP2 while trying to download a word doc, using a servlet application.

Can you please give some more info about your solution? Where did you exactly add the doc-type info?

Thanks,
Pram