Files Downloaded from the Internet Are Zero Bytes in Size

ID: Q183262

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 for Macintosh

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to download a file from the Internet to a floppy disk, the downloaded file may be zero bytes in size.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you downloaded the file to an MS-DOS-formatted floppy disk. Internet Explorer for Macintosh can save files only to a Macintosh-formatted disk.

RESOLUTION

To work around this behavior, download the file to a Macintosh-formatted disk, and then move or copy the file to an MS-DOS-formatted floppy disk.

Additional query words: 4.00

Keywords          : kbenv msiemac 
Version           : MACINTOSH:4.0
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: April 1, 1998