CHANGING THE DEFAULT ACTION FOR A FILE

If you click on a Web page link to download a media file or document in Windows 98, you may find that Media Player or the document's application opens instead of the Save As dialog box. For example, you may click on an MP3 file and your MP3 player starts up, instead of a dialog asking where you want to save the file. When this happens, it means the Default Action for the file type (in this example, .mp3) has changed from Save As to Play. Note that in other cases, the Default Action may have changed to Open.

To view the current Default Action and change it, open Windows Explorer and select Folder Options from the View menu. Click on the File Types tab and select the file extension required. Now click the Edit button and the current default action is highlighted in bold. Select the new action to be made default and click the Set Default button. OK your changes.

Now restart Internet Explorer and try downloading a file of the type you have just changed. The default action you have just selected should now be in force.