The trick to handle any dialogs is to use external tools like AutoIT to deal with the Upload dialog, download Dialog, and NTLM Authentication dialogs. Please note that this solution is intended only for users executing the scripts in Windows environment. Using AutoIT you can write a simple script to get hold of the Save Dialog, this script can be then converted into an executable program with command line arguments to invoke it anytime from the program. Following below steps should solve your issue. 1. Download autoIT tool. 2. Save the below-mentioned script to a `save_dialog.au3` file in the system. 3. Open "`Compile Script to .exe`" program from AutoIT setup Directory. 4. mention the path to `save_dialog.au3` and mention the path and name where you want to save .exe file. (lets say `c:\save_ie_file.exe`) 5. if you are using Java to write your automation code, use below lines of your code just before you click "download link" or expect a download dialog. <pre><code> String[] dialog = new String[]{ "C:\\save_ie_file.exe","Save to...","Save", "C:\\selenium_downloads\\" }; // path to exe, dialog title, save/cancel/run, path to save file. Process pp1 = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(dialog); // run the executable to wait for download link and process selenium.click("id=download_link"); // code to click on download link pp1.destroy(); // kill the process looking to download </code></pre> save_dialog.au3 code blatantly Copied from [here](http://qtp-help.blogspot.in/2009/07/selenium-handle-dialogs.html) DISCLAIMER... I am not the author of that blog pointed in this answer: <pre><code> AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode","2") ; set the select mode to select using substring if $CmdLine[0] < 2 then ; Arguments are not enough msgbox(0,"Error","Supply all the arguments, Dialog title,Run/Save/Cancel and Path to save(optional)") Exit EndIf ; wait Until dialog box appears WinWait($CmdLine[1]) ; match the window with substring $title = WinGetTitle($CmdLine[1]) ; retrives whole window title WinActivate($title) If (StringCompare($CmdLine[2],"Run",0) = 0) Then WinActivate($title) ControlClick($title,"","Button1") EndIf If (StringCompare($CmdLine[2],"Save",0) = 0) Then WinWaitActive($title) ControlClick($title,"","Button2") ; Wait for the new dialogbox to open Sleep(2) WinWait("Save") $title = WinGetTitle("Save") ;$title = WinGetTitle("[active]") if($CmdLine[0] = 2) Then ;click on the save button WinWaitActive($title) ControlClick($title,"","Button2") Else ;Set path and save file WinWaitActive($title) ControlSetText($title,"","Edit1",$CmdLine[3]) ControlClick($title,"","Button2") EndIf EndIf If (StringCompare($CmdLine[2],"Cancel",0) = 0) Then WinWaitActive($title) ControlClick($title,"","Button3") EndIf </code></pre>