How to start automatic download of a file in Internet Explorer?

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SourceForge uses an <iframe> element with the src="" attribute pointing to the file to download.

<iframe width="1" height="1" frameborder="0" src="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/156686/[File location]"></iframe>

(Side effect: no redirect, no JavaScript, original URL remains unchanged.)

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