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I was downloading a “GEO” file from your web page with [name of web browser deleted] and I got a screen of garbled text instead of a window prompting for where to put the file. What gives?

April 26, 2017browser downloading file Geo GOT screen web web page

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I was downloading a “GEO” file from your web page with [name of web browser deleted] and I got a screen of garbled text instead of a window prompting for where to put the file. What gives?

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Some versions of web browsers identify “GEO” files as ASCII text and try to display it directly. To circumvent this, hold down the SHIFT key when you click on a link with your mouse button. This forces a download. This behavior of web browsers is probably related to some cases of corrupted downloads of the GEO files from the web pages. We find the [SHIFT][CLICK] technique gives clean downloads.