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Okay. I have windows version 2000, Service pack 4. Custom built computer. Last few programs are...well Hijackthis and a spanish version of kazaalite, and then an english one, but just gave up on kazaalite...Hasn't changed...

I wonder if i have to put all of that ^^^ in every thread i make where i need help...oh well.

My problem is that I have Winamp 5.03 and i go to winamp.com to download skins. Well when I click to download the skin, I either get a page full of jibberish, or if I right click and "Save target as..." and put it under Winamp folder's skin sections, the file I'm downloading saves as 'details.php' and I've even tried out downloading different skins and they too show up as 'details.php'. I've downloaded skins before...that was like about a month ago...and 'Save target as.." usually solved my problem...

Please help me get new skins? ^.^

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Good troubleshooting by and the nudge from — this is a classic case of a download being served by a server-side script rather than as a “static” file. When a site hands the browser a stream from a script (for example a .php handler) but does not include a clear download filename or a matching MIME type, some browsers will save the stream using the script name (e.g. details.php) or display raw page content instead of the actual package.

Quick checks to identify which happened here: open the saved file in a plain-text editor. If you see HTML tags (for example <!doctype> or <html>), the server returned a webpage (an error or an info page) rather than a skin file. If the file looks binary, try opening it with an archive utility (7-Zip/WinRAR/Windows Explorer can often open archive containers regardless of extension). That will tell you whether the download actually contains the skin data or just an HTML error page.

If it’s the server/script filename that’s the problem, there are a few safe options: use a different browser or a download manager that preserves the intended filename; inspect the server response headers with developer tools to check Content-Type and Content-Disposition; or download from an alternate/mirror source. For site operators, the fix is to set a Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="…" header so browsers get a sensible name.

Security note: only use trusted skin sources, scan downloaded files before opening them, and avoid running unknown executables. If posting here for further help, include the first few bytes or a short hex/text excerpt of the saved file so others can tell whether it’s HTML, an archive, or something else.

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What browser are you doing this in? It looks like your browser isn't correctly recognizing the file type of the download. If you could provide us with that information, we could probably provide more information on how to change that behaviour.

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I use Mozilla, but before I used Mozilla too, and they downloaded...that's the thing.

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Any other information you need?

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okay...with no assistance from here, or word of research on my problem...I managed to figure it out. I went to other skin sites, right clicked, and "Save target as.." and most showed ".zip" or ".php" but they were named after the skin, i just changed it to ".wsz" the format they should be under. I think wimamp has some messed up links.

But I figured it out. Someone explained to me the ".php" was basically just another name for a webpage format...and yeah.

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