File opens instead of downloading in internet explorer in a href link

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lt a href  path to file filename xxx  download  filename xxx  gt filename lt  a gt     When i click the link  my filename xxx should be downloaded   It works perfectly in chrome  But in Internet explorer  it opens the file instead of downloading  What could be the problem  Is there any properties that is to be added to make it work in ie   And also i need a file download sample that works for all the browsers

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Zip your file   zip  and IE will give the user the option to open or download the file

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This is not a code issue  It is your default IE settings  To change the  always open  setting    In Windows Explorer  click on the  Tools  menu  choose  Folder options  In the window that appears  click on the  File Types  tab  and scroll through the list until you find the file extension you want to change  they re in alphabetical order   For example  if Internet Explorer always tries to open  zip files  scroll through the list until you find the entry for  zip    Click on the file type  then the  Advanced  button  Check the  Confirm after download  box  then click OK   Close    EDIT  If you ask me   instead of making any changes in the code i would add the following text  Internet Explorer users  To download file   Rightclick  the link  and hit  Save target as  to download the file    EDIT 2  THIS solution will work perfectly for you  Its a solution i just copied from the other answer  Im not trying to pass it off as my own  Content-Type  application octet-stream Content-Disposition  attachment filename   filename xxx     However you must make sure that you specify the type of file s  you allow  You have mentioned in your post that you want this for any type of file  This will be an issue   For ex  If your site has images and if the end user clicks these images then they will be downloaded on his computer instead of opening in a new page  Got the point  So you need to specify the file extensions

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For apache2 server   AddType application octect-stream  ova   File location will depend on particular version of Apache2 -- ours is in  etc apache2 mods-available mime conf  Reference   https   askubuntu com questions 610645 how-to-configure-apache2-to-download-files-directly

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It is known HTTP headers problem with Internet Explorer  Try to edit your server s  htaccess file  if you use Apache  and include the following rules     IE  force download of  xxx files AddType application octect-stream  xxx  lt Files   xxx gt    ForceType application octet-stream   Header Set Content-Disposition attachment  lt  Files gt

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It should be fixed on server side  Your server should return this headers for this file types   Content-Type  application octet-stream Content-Disposition  attachment filename   filename xxx

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You could configure this in your http-Header  httpResponse setHeader  Content-Type    application force-download            httpResponse setHeader  Content-Disposition                                   attachment filename                                     MyFile pdf

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The download attribute is not supported in IE  see http   caniuse com  search download 20attribute    That suggests the download attribute is only supported by firefox  chrome  opera and the latest version of blackberry s browser   For other browsers you ll need to use more traditional methods to force download  That is server side code is necessary to set an appropriate Content-Type and Content-Disposition header to tell  or trick depending on your point of view  the browser to download the item  Headers should look like this   Content-Type  application octet-stream Content-Disposition  attachment filename   filename xxx      thanks to antyrat for the copy and paste of the headers

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This must be a matter of http headers   see here   HTTP Headers for File Downloads  The server should tell your browser to download the file by sending   Content-Type  application octet-stream   Content-Disposition  attachment    in the headers

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