Put this in your browser’s address bar and replace “URLCOMESHERE” with the encoded link:

javascript:document.location=’about:blank’;document.write(decodeURI(‘URLCOMESHERE’));stop();

For example for the URL from this article:

javascript:document.location='about:blank';document.write(decodeURI('http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2ff%2f4%2fb%2ff4bfd843-a0b6-4031-aa98-0a3db7403d0f%2fsaveAsPDFandXPS.exe'));stop();

Or even better:

javascript:document.location='about:blank';document.write(decodeURI('%3ca href="http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2ff%2f4%2fb%2ff4bfd843-a0b6-4031-aa98-0a3db7403d0f%2fsaveAsPDFandXPS.exe"%3edownload%3c/a%3e'));stop();