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Blazeview / WebCT Tutorial on Having the Choice of Whether to Open, Save, or Cancel the File being Downloaded

If you would like the option of choosing whether or not Word, PowerPoint, or other files just open instead of providing you the ability to choose the action, then these instructions should help provide you a choice.

Step 1

Click "Start".

Start

 

Step 2

Click "My Computer".

My Computer

 

Step 3

Click "Tools" in the My Computer dialog box.

Tools

 

 

Step 4

In the drop down menu, click "Folder Options".

Folder Options

 

 

Step 5

The following dialog box should appear.

Dialog Box

 

 

Step 6

Click the "File Types" tab in the Folder Options dialog box.

File Types

 

 

Step 7

In the list of extensions, select the extension you wish to edit. *For the purpose of this tutorial, we will use ZIP as an example.

Once you have selected the file extension, click "Advanced".

Zip Example

 

Step 8

"Confirm after download should" be checked and then you should click "OK". You will want to do this for every extension that you might try and download.

Confirm after Download