I recently encountered an error while trying to download a file (.pdf) through IE 8. It reported -

“Internet explorer cannot download….
Internet explorer was not able to open this internet site. …”

All the other browsers were able to download the file with out any issues.

I googled with the error string and found several suggestions, most of them being over the protocol  “https”, but for me it was “http”. And the results suggested to make a change in IE settings . My client cannot go over his customers and say that the settings on IE should be changed to download the file.
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