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Automatic prompting for file downloads in IE9

We have our own internal program running here at our company that only we have access to inside the network via the web browser.  Recently we upgraded from IE8 and IE9 and noticed that now when we click links within our program to open .txt files we are now prompted asking if we want to open or save the document.  I've noticed in IE9 the option to enable or disable "Automatic prompting for file downloads" has disappeared.  I understand the reason behind this as to protect from malicious code or programs executing in the background without users knowledge.  My question is does anyone know of a way to enable this for example on trusted sites only?  I don't want to open it up full blown, but would be great if I could do this on a site by site basis.  Since this is an internal application we access via the browser it has really thrown a wrench in the work environment for our users, even though it is just clicking one extra button.

P.S.  I'm aware of the right-clicking the file you recently downloaded and unchecking the option to automatically open those file types, but that's only an option for specific file types, such as .zip files.  Its not an option for .txt files.


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