Unknown File type? Switch to Firefox!

by Cheryl Johnson on June 7, 2009

Have you ever tried to download a file …. and your browser tells you that either it’s an auto_file file type, or an unknown file type?

 

Before you panic, take a moment and think:  What browser am I using?  If the answer is Mircosoft Internet Explorer, just take a deep breath, and copy the URL from which you are trying to download.

Close Internet Explorer.

Start up Firefox.  Paste in the URL, and problem is solved:

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