I have recently started managing a site that allows registered users to download .msi files. A few weeks ago, I was notified by a customer that while using IE, clicking the link to the .msi no longer prompts a download. Instead, a new tab is opened and thousands of lines of code is displayed. When right-clicking and selecting save target as, the file extension is .htm. This issue does not exist with other browsers. They continue to download the .msi file properly.
I saw a similar question on here where the person posing the question was told to look into their web server because it was not sending the proper MIME type to IE. In my situation, my web server says the files are application/octet-stream, which I believe to be correct. However, IE is seeing these files as .htm.
I have been battling this issue for a few weeks now and I cannot figure out what is causing this error. I need to have these .msi files available to customers/users. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
- Jared