down load and open with

[Enils Bashi]

There are thousands of file extensions out there. Your desktop manager may
not have a predefined behavior for what to do with the specific file you're
trying to open. A driver for a printer in your case, I would just download
somewhere locally and point to it when you add a new printer. I would
recommend against using automatic file execution or opening from removable
media. That can be dangerous, especially if you're running with elevated
privileges, and not to mention very Windoze-like. Unfortunately it is the
default behavior with some window managers.

Regards,

Enils

On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 3:44 PM, John Heinen <hensandpat at earthlink.net>wrote:

> It is a little mystery to  me. When I have a file or a program on a dvd
> I just insert it into  the drive and it will usually install itself.
> When I download a file or driver such as a driver for a printer  it
> get's on my desktop with the questions   open/install with!
> I really have no clue how to open and install with what.
>
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