Downloading a .exe 1

[Sarky78]

We are developing a website, that requires the downloading of an .exe file. When the link is clicked, it takes an absolute age for the server to actually do anything, if at all. When this file is changed to a .zip file, it will start to download immediately. Is there anything that needs to be configured on the server, to allow for a .exe file to be downloaded ?

 

[chris123]

It sounds like the folder that contains the EXE is actually being executed by your web server due to its extension being EXE. Make sure the Execute permission for the folder is not enabled from your Web Server Admin Panel.

 

[Sarky78]

Thanks for the response, we have tried that and it didn't work, what we have ended up doing is creating a virtual directoy and putting the file into there.

 

[awf]

can you explain virtual dir? and how to do it.
Thanks