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Note Submitter: simon.lee@terago.ca ---- There has been a nasty bug in IE 5 and even 6.0 (applied SP2 still couldn't fix it) which makes IE hangs when user cancels file download for several times (MS Knowledge base Q266305) Here is my workaround: header("Content-type: application/octet-stream"); header("Content-Disposition: filename=$myfile" . "%20"); In this case, we avoid the bug by not using "attachment" in Content-Disposition. Now, IE thinks that the file has an unknown extension which forces it to pop up the download box. When you save file, %20 doesn't get saved. However, IE does add [number] in the file name which is acceptable in my case. E.g. filename.xls will become filename[1].xls This is even a workaround for Q281119: Internet Explorer Saves HTML Content Instead of the Active Document. (Especially we can't always assume users update their machine with lastest service packs) Simon Lee Webmaster@terago.ca TeraGo Networks Inc.