{"id":1085,"date":"2011-02-28T19:50:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T03:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2011-02-28T19:50:41","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T03:50:41","slug":"faq-should-i-run-or-save-a-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/faq-should-i-run-or-save-a-download\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQ: Should I &#8220;Run&#8221; or &#8220;Save&#8221; a download?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When downloading a file or program from a web site or e-mail, often you are prompted to &#8220;Run&#8221; or &#8220;Save&#8221; the item. We are often asked which you should do.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 For a file that you want to keep on your computer, you should select &#8220;Save&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 For a program that you may need to install or re-install at a later time, you should select &#8220;Save&#8221;. Otherwise if you don&#8217;t need the ability to re-install it again without re-visiting the web site, you can choose &#8220;Run&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/faq-should-i-run-or-save-a-download\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Article\" title=\"Print This Article\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/faq-should-i-run-or-save-a-download\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When downloading a file or program from a web site or e-mail, often you are prompted to &#8220;Run&#8221; or &#8220;Save&#8221; the item. We are often asked which you should do. \u2022 For a file that you want to keep on your computer, you should select &#8220;Save&#8221;. \u2022 For a program that you may need to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1086,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions\/1086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}