Hello, I've run in to a strange problem. I've got an xp Home machine that i'm working on, that when a zip file is clicked on no file download dialog box comes up the file is background downloaded and automatically opened. The machine is running ie7, has no viruses, and this issue occurs with add-ons loaded and when i run IE without any add-ons. I've googled compressed (zipped folders) for anything on this, didn't find anything, and checked 7zip, as this machine has that on it as well, again nothing. It is running the google toolbar but not sure if that's relevant. The zip file extension is the only extension that exhibits this behavior. The files are coming from a https server running apache 2.2.x if that is relevant. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks. Dave. David Mehler (MCSA 2003, MCP, Network+, A+) dave.mehler@gmail.com