HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found.

We recently installed IIS 6 and in an ASP page are trying
to make a self extracting .exe available by download
using:

http://www.url.com/downloadfile.exe

....however now getting a "The page cannnot be found"
message or HTTP Error 404 with the text "The page you are
looking for might have been removed, had its name
changed, or is temporarily unavailable."

Can someone please help with how a file can be made
available?

Thanks,

Bill

"Bill Bunten" <BillBunten.RemoveThis@msn.com> wrote in message
news:042801c3812e$be385f30$a301280a@phx.gbl...
 > We recently installed IIS 6 and in an ASP page are trying
 > to make a self extracting .exe available by download
 > using:
 >
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.url.com/downloadfile.exe</font" target="_blank">http://www.url.com/downloadfile.exe</font</a>>
 >
 > ...however now getting a "The page cannnot be found"
 > message or HTTP Error 404 with the text "The page you are
 > looking for might have been removed, had its name
 > changed, or is temporarily unavailable."
 >
 > Can someone please help with how a file can be made
 > available?

You have to add exe as a known mime-type ...
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326965" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;326965</a>

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