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Author Topic: Internet Exploder problem Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 02-13-2004 12:15 PM                        When right-clicking to save an image, all of the available file types have disappeared... except bitmaps. Any idea what I might have done to make this happen... or how I can get the jpg & gif options back? It's a REAL drag to have to start my old Netscape up just to save a picture. Thanks!  |  IP: Logged Tao Yue Expert Film Handler Posts: 209 From: Princeton, NJ Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-13-2004 11:40 PM                        Your cache is probably full. See the Microsoft Knowledge Base article "Internet Explorer Does Not Save Graphics Files in the Proper Format." http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260650  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 02-14-2004 12:24 AM                    Just do a disc cleanup. It will find all the temp files internet related and win temp related files and delete them for you. You will be surprised in how much space your drive will free up if you have not done this for a while.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 02-14-2004 01:58 AM                        Thanks... I'll check both. Just to emphasize though... I am not even given the option. The only available format shown is BMP, where it used to make several formats available.  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 02-14-2004 12:45 PM                     Try to repair IE. You proceed as if to remove it, which of course you can't, and you have the repair option. You may need the original Windows CD, maybe not - regardless of whether IE is now a few versions newer than the one on the CD.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-16-2004 12:44 AM                        I'm with Tao. I've seen that happen, .bmp being the only type a picture will be saved as. The cache is full.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 02-16-2004 01:46 AM                        Thanks, guys. I'll get to that in the next day or two & report what I find. Actually... I'm way past due to upgrade that computer... all my other ones are already on XP Pro. I've got a couple of DOS programs I haven't upgraded to Windows versions yet, & I haven't dared test the compatibility waters... since I'll be upgrading the software this year anyway. I did try upgrading once (to Win2000) & the computer was NOT pleased!  |  IP: Logged Scott Jentsch Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1061 From: New Berlin, WI, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 02-17-2004 10:26 AM                        Flushing your temporary files from within IE will solve that problem. Back when I used IE regularly, it was a very frustrating thing to deal with. Backing off on the size of the cache seemed to help, but didn't eliminate the problem completely. The solution I came up with that solved that problem, and many other IE-related idiosyncrasies, was to use Mozilla. I still use IE from time to time, but haven't had much more than a need for testing and that random (poorly designed) web site that doesn't work without IE. Mozilla will probably be much kinder to you on your older systems as well, as it's not as resource-piggish as IE. Good luck!  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 02-20-2004 01:25 AM                        Well, it turned out to be... the cache! Wierd. Anyway, my .jpg is back. Thanks for all the advise! Jack  |  IP: Logged

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