> Hello,
>
> IIS (and other webservers) serves the file, it is then up to the client to
> open the file in Internet Explorer, or save it to disk. IIS is not in any
> way involved in the process of closing the browser.
>
> I suggest that you ask in an Internet Explorer newsgroup, because this
> cannot be an issue with IIS.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Kristofer Gafvert (IIS MVP)
> www.gafvert.info - My Articles and help
> www.ilopia.com
>
>
> Richard Brand wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have the following problem:
> >
> > When openening a word document from within Internet Explorer (a link
> linking
> > to a *.doc) word opens up, load document and than hangs if I try to
> close the
> > internet Explorer Window. The window disappears, but is still visible on
> my
> > taskbar. The winword.exe process is also still visible in the process
> list.
> > Killing the winword.exe process also removes the Internet Explorer window
> > from the taskbar.
> >
> > My current setup is:
> > Windows XP-SP2
> > Internet Explorer 6.0.29
> > Office 2003 (Word 2003)
> >
> > A little research learned that word documents on certain webservers
> result
> > in this problem. I placed the file on the webserver of the client
> (Windows
> > 2000 Server), on another Windows 2003 Server and on a Linux server. The
> > problem only appears with the document on the server of the client (=
> Windows
> > 2000 Server). Can it be a rights issue?
> >
> > Any clue on how to resolve this? Is actually driving me crazy trying to
> > debug it.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Richard