.docx becomes .zip when opened from web

I have installed office 2007 and I can open .docx documents when they are 
being open from the computer or a file share.

My problem is when I open a docx from a website.  It then asks me to save 
the zip file instead of just opening the document.

I have tried to repair and uninstall/install Office 2007 but with same 
result.

Does anyone have a tip to get Word to open docx files from web?



-Salva

Hi Salva,

The Office 2007 .---x formats are zip files, renamed.  Depending on how you're opening the files you may need to set the mime types
for those files on the web server to be recognized as older format .doc files.

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I have installed office 2007 and I can open .docx documents when they are
being open from the computer or a file share.

My problem is when I open a docx from a website.  It then asks me to save
the zip file instead of just opening the document.

I have tried to repair and uninstall/install Office 2007 but with same
result.

Does anyone have a tip to get Word to open docx files from web?



-Salva>>
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MS Office System Products MVP

  *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Today, I found out that it has something to do with Intenret Explorer.
Among other things I reset the settings in IE and now I can open docx files 
from our intranet.

Tomorrow I'll try the same on another machine and hope it works.

Thanks

-salva

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> skrev i 

I've been having the same problem with .docx and .xlsx files being saved as 
.zip files... and thus I cannot open them. Can you explain what you mean by 
'reset the settings in Internet Explorer'? What changes did you make to reset 
IE. Thank you.
Lance

Hi - just throwing in my 2 cents worth.  I too tried resetting my IE settings 
(IE 7) and got the same results.  I'd be interested in the specifics of how 
Salva got it working.

Regards,
Felix
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Felix

I ended up just reinstalling IE7 and it works fine now. 

Lance,

Could you let us me know the IE setting which you did to overcome thi
problem

Thank You
Arul Selva

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This should help, even though it was written for PowerPoint.

PowerPoint 2007 files don't download correctly from a Web Server, open as 
zip files
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Have two systems, well actually many systems, accessing mail from from same 
exchange server via webmail and SMTP through Outlook. A few do not have this 
problem but all others do.  Leading me to believe that this isn't a server 
change.  Besides I've entered all the neccesary MAPI entries.

When 2007 documents are opened from within the 'Local Network' (from Outlook 
or via explorer etc.) no problem.  However when the same attachments are 
accessed from webmail, inside or outside the perimeter, they (on most 
machines) try to open/save as zip's.

I know the user can change the name post-saving but this is a nightmare 
given the number of times it needs to be done.

Now is the exchange IIS still configured incorrectly, and the few machines 
that work are a client fluke?  Or more likely is there an easy change to the 
client that can be GP'ed out?

Any advice (not already tried) would be most appreciated.

Thanks

Stewart X Matthew

Resetting IE didn't work for me.  Follow the link below for a summary
of solutions.  There is a server-side solution if you have control over
the server.  My main client-side solution is "use firefox" :-) ... but
if you
have to use IE you can use "save as" or you can rename the file after
download.

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Hey yall, I figured it out... you are running winzip, the most popular
zip program in the world right now correct? well I put 2 fixes up, one
screenshot on my silly page. Leave me a comment if I helped, I don't
know if it is worth spending my time writing these little how tos..
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hugs, pete


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my problem was similar. several machines saving .docx or .xlsx as a
.docx.zip. unzipping didn't work. It isn't a MIME/server side thing, i
tried on IIS, apache and ruby with mongrels. Tired of repeating myself
at this point, decided to give 15 min to the internet and answer the
question, heres a screenshot and instructions, tell me if this works or
doesn't and i'll try to help more. 'windowsnerd.com .xlsx and .docx
are being saved as a zip file in explorer?' ( http://www.**--****.com/ )

toodleooo, pete

Hi, I have IIS 5.1 installed on my computer with windows xp pro (sp2). I
use Coldfusion MX. 
I have added the mime types to my IIS. 
I've also added these mime types to the metabase.bin. 
However, when i access my website (with IE7 )on localhost the problem
still remains. 
The office 2007 files are stll being downloaded as .zip files. 
Any sugestions ???


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This may help:

Office files don't download correctly from a Web Server; saved as zip 
files instead
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In particular, see the part about changing the IE security settings.

tried that too didn't work


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