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If you have little idea how to save and open files, you'd be better off by taking the tutorial on Windows Explorer ("My Computer" opens the "Windows Explorer") before proceeding. Click here for the Windows Explorer tutorial XP and here's another very good oneor this one for Windows 98 (though most of the concepts are the same in XP). Or, you can always come back to it if the following looses you.
When you double click on a link for a file to download, what happens next depends on your system and the way it is set up. Most often one of three things will happen:
Lets take each possibility in order. Here are a couple of examples of the dialog boxes you might see after clicking to download: Click on "Save" or "Save To Disk" or the equivalent.
Next, you will be asked where you want to save the file. It all depends on what the file is and where you prefer to save various files. This tutorials assumes you haven't a clue and that's why you are reading here so to keep it simple, just save to the desktop. You should find it near the top of the list.
Since the file here, NotationPlayer.exe, is an executable (a program) in install the program, you can just go to your desktop (by minimizing or closing other window) and double click on it to install. After the installation, you can delete the installation program you just downloaded (click on it once and hit the delete key.).
The most direct way to download a media file (like one that ends in .mid, .kar or .not) is to right click on the file link and sellect from the popup menu "Save link as" or "Save target as" or the alike. A "Save As" dialog box will open like the one below.
You can double click on the link. You might get a dialog box with a "Save" or "Save As." You would then select "My Documents" in the drop down list (click on the down arrow at the right end of the text box - see the red arrow int the diagram below/right). Then look for a folder that seems appropriately named (like "My Music") or create a new folder with a name of your liking.
Sometimes a media file just starts playing. It might seem like noting is happening until the file has had time to download. Then you get a new screen in your browser that might look like just about anything but most often it's a large white area with a small area in the middle that has a slide bar with a knob that moves as the file plays. Regardless of the image, saving procedure is the same (if it is allowed). The image here is from Internet Explorer. Click on the "File" item in the menu bar then click on "Save As." The rest is as above in the "Save As' dialog box.
The last possibility to address is that a media file opens in another program. On my computer, .mid file often opens right in the vanBasco Karaoke Player. If you've installed this player, it is likely you'll see the same. vanBasco is a little unique
In many programs you would save just like in the Internet Explorer example above. But the karaoke player has a little icon to the right the box with the file name in it. Follow steps 1 through 4 as shown in the diagram.
By the way, the "%20" you see in the title is computer talk for a space. You'll see this often in file names with spaces. Go figure. they're not so smart!
