"File Not Found" Error Message When You Try to Open ftp://servername/directoryname/file.txt;type=a (258142)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 for Windows 2000 SP 1
This article was previously published under Q258142 SYMPTOMS
When you try to open the following Uniform Resource Locator (URL), you may receive a "file not found" error message:
ftp://servername/directoryname/file.txt;type=a
CAUSE
The software that parses the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) URL does not strip ;type=a when passing the file name to the function that opens the remote file.
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer version 5.01. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
267954 How to Obtain the Latest Internet Explorer 5.01 Service Pack
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer version 5.01 Service Pack 2.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/23/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbfix kbFTP kbIE501preSP2fix kbQFE kburl KB258142 |
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