internet explorer - IE8 on Windows 7 - Link To MSI causes about:blank to open as well -

I am creating the intranet page with installation instructions.

Annoyingly in Windows 7 / IE8, when I click on the link that contains an MSI about which the page jumps: Empty - it did not happen in XP! Href is down the part, I tried target = _blank, but no happiness!

href = "subffolder / amis.msi"