The information in this article applies to:
SYMPTOMS
Internet Explorer appears to be incorrectly parsing the file extension of URLs in the following form:
Several symptoms manifest as a result, including the following:
CAUSEInternet Explorer is incorrectly determining the file extension for cache files from URLs that use a query string. Because the cache file name is used by many other parts of Internet Explorer during the download, this error can cause problems in many other unexpected areas of the product. STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed
at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION
URLs in this form are particularly troublesome. The presence of a query string usually indicates that the resource should be run on the server and thus the file extension is not an accurate reflection of the data in the server's response.
The extension determined for this URL would be ".xyz".Internet Explorer 4 Service Pack 2 and higher now detects the extension from before the query string. However, if the extension before the query string is ".exe" or ".dll," Internet Explorer will ignore the ".exe" or ".dll" extension and look for an extension in the query string itself as shown above. © Microsoft Corporation 1999, All Rights Reserved. Additional query words:
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