Microsoft KB Archive/258142

= "File Not Found" Error Message When You Try to Open ftp://servername/directoryname/file.txt;type=a =

Article ID: 258142

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
 * Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01

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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.



RESOLUTION
To 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



STATUS
Microsoft 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.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbftp kburl kbqfe kbie501presp2fix kbhotfixserver KB258142

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