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| Thread ID: 88541 | 2008-03-31 06:50:00 | Downloading Excel files | Krisby5 (13221) | Press F1 |
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| 654550 | 2008-03-31 06:50:00 | Hi all,my friend came to me with a problem.When ever he tries downloading and saving any excel file's from the internet they end up being saved as .php files. I got him to try and go file save as and then select the file type from the drop down menu but .php is the only one listed. When he tries to open the .php files with excel they come up with all kind of random characters and are unreadable,I know that Excel files aren't a .php file extension. Does anyone have a clue why his pc only wants to save downloaded excel documents as .php files? |
Krisby5 (13221) | ||
| 654551 | 2008-03-31 07:12:00 | From Memory php ( and thats scratching the course I did once) is a server-side web script - you may need something to convert them to excel. Edited: had a link to software but its a dead link:crying |
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| 654552 | 2008-03-31 09:14:00 | The thing is if i try to download the same file as my mate through my pc it doesn't have a problem saving it as a excel doc | Krisby5 (13221) | ||
| 654553 | 2008-03-31 09:21:00 | It's probably a browser issue. See if changing the file extension to ".xls" of the ones he's already downloaded helps. | sal (67) | ||
| 654554 | 2008-03-31 09:41:00 | Ok.I'll get him to give it a try | Krisby5 (13221) | ||
| 654555 | 2008-03-31 17:45:00 | Are you both using the same browser? what about saving into google docs spreadsheet or even open office? | gary67 (56) | ||
| 654556 | 2008-03-31 19:44:00 | No,he was using IE and I use Firefox. | Krisby5 (13221) | ||
| 654557 | 2008-03-31 20:17:00 | It sounds like your friend is trying to save the webpage rather than the download file. Have you actually seen what your friend is doing? If you both have broadband you could try using teamviewer (www.teamviewer.com) its free for personal use and works really well. It lets you connect to their PC. |
robjg63 (13548) | ||
| 654558 | 2008-03-31 21:32:00 | If your friend is right-clicking the link, then clicking save, tell him to just left-click it instead. Many sites use a redirect script to trigger the download, and the link 'to the file' doesn't actually point there. | Erayd (23) | ||
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