PTE exe file tried to install rather than play

[jkb]

I received an exe file from someone today & it was named 'showname updated.exe'

I noticed that the Icon looked different & when I tried to play it, it tried to install the exe

I downloaded the file again thinking it may be corrupt, but this time named it as 'showname.exe' without the 'updated'

The Icon now looked normal & the show played as expected.

I can only assume that having 'updated' in the file name made Windows think it was a Program rather than a file to be played?
Just in case anyone else comes across anything similar

Jill

[wideangle]

Jill

This sounds a bit strange. 
Are you saying that you downloaded exactly the same file twice, and on the first occasion it tried to install a program, but on the second occasion, after you simply changed its name, it played as a slideshow………and that it had a different icon on each occasion?

Simply changing the file name would not cause Windows to treat it differently. The way Windows behaves is controlled by the file name extension (ie the .exe), not the filename itself.

As I said, all very strange. 

Regards

wideangle