The Firstwave » iis http://www.great-one.co.uk My corner of the internet Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:42:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 How to allow users to download exe-files from an iis 6 server http://www.great-one.co.uk/archives/117 http://www.great-one.co.uk/archives/117#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 12:57:27 +0000 Mark http://www.great-one.co.uk/?p=117 By default, IIS 6.0 will not serve unknown extensions and this includes exe and dmg files. When a user requests such file, IIS will reply back with a 404 status code.

The solution to this problem is to allow the exe extension.

To allow exe files to be downloaded to the client, follow these steps:

[...]]]> By default, IIS 6.0 will not serve unknown extensions and this includes exe and dmg files. When a user requests such file, IIS will reply back with a 404 status code.

The solution to this problem is to allow the exe extension.

To allow exe files to be downloaded to the client, follow these steps:

  • Open IIS Manager
  • Right click the folder where the exe-files are located and click Properties.
  • Click the “HTTP Headers” tab
  • Click on the “MIME Types” button
  • Click New
  • In the extension box, type .exe .dmg
  • In the MIME Type box, type application/octet-stream
  • Apply the new settings
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