I am accessing a website that generates CSV files when I click a "download" link. Instead of prompting to "save or open", IE 9 is going right ahead and trying to open the returned file in Excel. Since Excel is having trouble with the content of these CSV files, I'd like to save it instead.
I suppose I could change the default application for that file type to notepad or something; but I frequently want to open CSV files in Excel (just not these ones), and this seems like a global solution to a local problem. (I'm also not sure of the connection between file extension associations and mime type associations.)
I have found suggestions to change the extention settings in Windows Explorer > Folder options; but this is not present in Windows 7.
I've have found suggestions to open the IE Download dialog (Ctrl+J), right click on the file, and check "Always ask before opening this type of file"; but the file never shows up in the download dialog.
I have found suggestions to add a value with Excel.CSV name under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\AttachmentExecute{0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}; but the empty binary value always suggested is to prevent prompting, not to require it.
Most content I can find deals with users trying to prevent prompting, or to open the file in excel instead of IE (something I haven't seen). Any suggestions to require IE to prompt to save a CSV file?