I think that is a kde 3.1 program. I am using 3.0 on this machine. I believe I saw kget on the machine with Suse 8.2/KDE 3.1 I just downloaded some .EXE files, no problem. It may be file type specific. John On Saturday 24 January 2004 07:20 pm, Michael Bazdell wrote: > Sounds like kget is in expert mode... try changing it to the other one.. > Not sure if that helps.... > > On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 22:15, John Sowden wrote: > > Sometimes when I download (not open) a file, say, a DOS zip file, instead > > of getting the window that allows me to select the drive and directory > > where I want the file put, along with the ability to rename it as I wish, > > the download starts right away, and the "progress window" indicates that > > the file is being sent to my temp directory, under a cryptic (unique) > > name; then I am presented with a list of the files in the zip file. > > > > Why, and how do I avoid this problem? ___________________________________________________ . Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.