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I'd go with that but the file I download is a Zip extension. For example combat_rescue.zip not miz maybe I should unzip it then rename the folder to miz

 

This one?

 

http://hoggitworld.com/missions/53/combat-rescue/

 

The download link is: http://hoggitworld.com/media/miz/Combat_Rescue.miz

 

With Firefox and Chrome, that's exactly what gets downloaded. With Internet Explorer 11, I get the same result you describe, the download is somehow forced to be Combat_Rescue.zip instead of Combat_Rescue.miz.

 

I wouldn't be too surprised if this was yet another MS screwup with the way IE handles things, but somehow I think it's probably some JavaScript that's run on the Hoggit page (for one, if I use IE to download missions from ED's file exchange, they're saved as .miz, as it should be).

 

In any case, just rename whatever.zip back to whatever.miz and DCS should be able to run it as a mission. :thumbup:

 

Edit: When I use the above link, IE still downloads the file as .zip instead of .miz, so I'm fairly certain the problem is not related to any JavaScripts running on the Hoggit page.

 

I tried to look at the server's response headers to see if they force this behavior, but was only able to view them when downloading with wget. In that case, the headers were fine and I see nothing that would force IE to ignore the file extension and replace it with .zip.

 

It kinda looks as if IE simply screws up. Well, as I said above, if that's the reason, I'm not surprised either. ;)


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This one?

 

http://hoggitworld.com/missions/53/combat-rescue/

 

The download link is: http://hoggitworld.com/media/miz/Combat_Rescue.miz

 

With Firefox and Chrome, that's exactly what gets downloaded. With Internet Explorer 11, I get the same result you describe, the download is somehow forced to be Combat_Rescue.zip instead of Combat_Rescue.miz.

 

I wouldn't be too surprised if this was yet another MS screwup with the way IE handles things, but somehow I think it's probably some JavaScript that's run on the Hoggit page (for one, if I use IE to download missions from ED's file exchange, they're saved as .miz, as it should be).

 

In any case, just rename whatever.zip back to whatever.miz and DCS should be able to run it as a mission. :thumbup:

 

Edit: When I use the above link, IE still downloads the file as .zip instead of .miz, so I'm fairly certain the problem is not related to any JavaScripts running on the Hoggit page.

 

I tried to look at the server's response headers to see if they force this behavior, but was only able to view them when downloading with wget. In that case, the headers were fine and I see nothing that would force IE to ignore the file extension and replace it with .zip.

 

It kinda looks as if IE simply screws up. Well, as I said above, if that's the reason, I'm not surprised either. ;)

 

Thanks man I was losing my mind. This was doing it since windows 8.1 for me.

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Thanks man I was losing my mind. This was doing it since windows 8.1 for me.

 

Windows 7 here, so the Windows version doesn't seem to have much of an impact. Still, I'm all for blaming Microsoft, because, you know, it's Microsoft. Can't blame them enough, even if it's not even their fault. :D

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