Need some help please

Wes · 08-07-2005, 11:06 AM

Hi guys just a quick problem I have, I use to be able to open kzm by just clicking ob the "Download This File!" link and it would just open in my GE. Now when im clicking on it I have the options of save or cancel as the file format is not known. If I save it, it saves just as a document. Any help would be greatly appeciated.

Wes

araT · 08-07-2005, 11:25 AM

Wes, you have somehow managed to remove the reg file that tells windows that .kmz/.kml files open with google earth..
in order to fix this, just run the google earth installer again, you dont have to uninstall first.

T.

Wes · 08-07-2005, 11:57 AM

No unfortunately have tried a re-install but no go

Links from keyhole all work well. When I open a download from geh site it doesnt have a name. Its says underfile file name document ??

Wes · 08-07-2005, 12:30 PM

Really Wierd. All the random files on the side of the site it lets me open but any which I search for it wont. Any clues??

araT · 08-07-2005, 12:47 PM

Ahh ok, its only happening from certain sites.. In that case, what browser are you using? It seems to be how your browser is handling files from a particular page, try going through your browsers "actions" (weather it automaticly opens a file or saves it by default) if worse comes to worse try a complete reinstall of your browser.

if you dont mind my asking, how did you break it? what have you changed lately?.. it would really help me diagnose.

T.

StarQuest · 08-07-2005, 01:01 PM

I have the same problem since yesterday. If I want to download a file, then he saves the file only as a "document". What the hell is going on?

StarQuest · 08-07-2005, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by araT

Ahh ok, its only happening from certain sites.. In that case, what browser are you using? It seems to be how your browser is handling files from a particular page, try going through your browsers "actions" (weather it automaticly opens a file or saves it by default) if worse comes to worse try a complete reinstall of your browser.

if you dont mind my asking, how did you break it? what have you changed lately?.. it would really help me diagnose.

T.

I use the Internet Explorer. Can you explain again, what I exactly have to do? Unfortunatley I don't really understand what you mean.

Wes · 08-07-2005, 01:26 PM

I am using Internet Explorer. Had no problems up until tonight. I will try Firefox and see how it goes. Maybe the problem is the browser.

Wes · 08-07-2005, 01:33 PM

Yes, it is the browser, Firefox allowed me to open the files where IE wouldnt.

araT · 08-07-2005, 01:35 PM

Wes, its not the browser so much as how you (or another program / file... etc) have told the browser to handle the file.. but I hope you enjoy firefox, regardless.. in my oppinion it is the superior browser anyway.

I still dont know what it causing this though.. can either of you tell me what changes you made to your computer before you noticed the failing downloads?

T.

StarQuest · 08-07-2005, 01:39 PM

I had only changed my graphics card drivers.

Wes · 08-07-2005, 01:49 PM

Unfortunately I dont know what I did. Although it was when I started to upload files. Perhaps something there

Many thanks for your time.

StarQuest · 08-07-2005, 02:20 PM

A question to Firefox:

Can I transfer my favorites from the Internet Explorer to Firefox?

StarQuest · 08-07-2005, 02:50 PM

Okay, now I have it!

Sorry for my request.

Mickey · 08-07-2005, 03:16 PM

I think the problem was on our end after all. Try it again now with IE and let me know what happens.

08-07-2005, 11:06 AM	#1
Wes Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6	Need some help please Hi guys just a quick problem I have, I use to be able to open kzm by just clicking ob the "Download This File!" link and it would just open in my GE. Now when im clicking on it I have the options of save or cancel as the file format is not known. If I save it, it saves just as a document. Any help would be greatly appeciated. Wes

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08-07-2005, 11:25 AM	#2
araT Licensed to Ban Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 1,244	Wes, you have somehow managed to remove the reg file that tells windows that .kmz/.kml files open with google earth.. in order to fix this, just run the google earth installer again, you dont have to uninstall first. T.

08-07-2005, 11:57 AM	#3
Wes Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6	No unfortunately have tried a re-install but no go Links from keyhole all work well. When I open a download from geh site it doesnt have a name. Its says underfile file name document ??

08-07-2005, 12:30 PM	#4
Wes Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6	Really Wierd. All the random files on the side of the site it lets me open but any which I search for it wont. Any clues??

08-07-2005, 12:47 PM	#5
araT Licensed to Ban Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 1,244	Ahh ok, its only happening from certain sites.. In that case, what browser are you using? It seems to be how your browser is handling files from a particular page, try going through your browsers "actions" (weather it automaticly opens a file or saves it by default) if worse comes to worse try a complete reinstall of your browser. if you dont mind my asking, how did you break it? what have you changed lately?.. it would really help me diagnose. T.

08-07-2005, 01:01 PM	#6
StarQuest Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melle, Germany Posts: 32	I have the same problem since yesterday. If I want to download a file, then he saves the file only as a "document". What the hell is going on?

08-07-2005, 01:26 PM	#8
Wes Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6	I am using Internet Explorer. Had no problems up until tonight. I will try Firefox and see how it goes. Maybe the problem is the browser.

08-07-2005, 01:33 PM	#9
Wes Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6	Yes, it is the browser, Firefox allowed me to open the files where IE wouldnt.

08-07-2005, 01:35 PM	#10
araT Licensed to Ban Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 1,244	Wes, its not the browser so much as how you (or another program / file... etc) have told the browser to handle the file.. but I hope you enjoy firefox, regardless.. in my oppinion it is the superior browser anyway. I still dont know what it causing this though.. can either of you tell me what changes you made to your computer before you noticed the failing downloads? T.

08-07-2005, 01:39 PM	#11
StarQuest Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melle, Germany Posts: 32	I had only changed my graphics card drivers.

08-07-2005, 01:49 PM	#12
Wes Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 6	Unfortunately I dont know what I did. Although it was when I started to upload files. Perhaps something there Many thanks for your time.

08-07-2005, 02:20 PM	#13
StarQuest Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melle, Germany Posts: 32	A question to Firefox: Can I transfer my favorites from the Internet Explorer to Firefox?

08-07-2005, 02:50 PM	#14
StarQuest Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melle, Germany Posts: 32	Okay, now I have it! Sorry for my request.

08-07-2005, 03:16 PM	#15
Mickey Administrator Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,328	I think the problem was on our end after all. Try it again now with IE and let me know what happens.