All of a sudden I can no longer use the “view source” function under IE. When I click on that option nothing happens at all! I am running Windows 2000 SP4, and I am using the latest version of IE 6. In addition, there are at least 4 copies of the Notepad application in various of my WINNT folders. Does anyone have any idea whats going on here?
Strange. It’s not working for me either (windows xp, ie 6).
Try doing it on the google page. It works for me there. (Maybe it won’t work on vbulletin 3 pages)
It doesn’t work on a lot of dynamicaly generated content. But in my case it doesn’t work, period, even on simple HTML documents.
Have you tried deleting the temporary internet files cache?
I don’t have anything to contribute (aside from suggesting you dump IE and use Opera), but is anyone else worried to find Emilio Lizardo and yoyodyne collaborating? Don’t make me call in a blue blazer strike team.
For some reason, it works if you open the page in a new window, using CTRL-N (IE only), then do View Source on the new window.
Definitely clear your cache as yoyodyne suggested. This happened to me last week and that’s what cleared it up.
Go to Tools - Internet Options - General (tab) and click the “Delete Files…” button to clear cache.
This might take a while. Don’t get impatient and try to stop it.
Don’t make us hunt you down, monkey-boy!
I would also do Step 3 in this Microsoft KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=810978
The article refers to only being able to save pictures as bmps, but the same time I had the “view source” issue, I also had the saving picture issue listed in the article. Deleting the temporary internet files did nothing, but when I did step 3 (basically removing unknown/damaged ActiveX controls), I was not only able to save my pictures properly, but I could also view source again. It happened again a few months later, and without deleting the Temp. Internet Files, just removing the damaged ActiveX controls, I was again able to view source again.
critter42
Note that critter42’s solution won’t work if you don’t have administrator access to the PC, which I don’t on mine.
Removing my unknown ActiveX controls didn’t let me view source on this thread (Win98, IE6). Sorry,** critter42**. Another article said notepad.exe might be damaged, but then why would it work with Q.E.D.'s work-around? (And thanks, Q.E.D. That’s much easier than saving the page locally and then editing it.)
Try deleting all copies of notepad.exe except for the one in your system folder, and delete any shortcuts to notepad on your desktop.
It’s that damned new windows 
security update
And the winner is … yoyodyne! Deleting the cache (which took almost 20 minutes :eek: ) took care of the problem.
20 minutes to clear the cache? How huge is it?
Ever since I had a PC whose disk was slower than the DSL feeding it, I’ve kept a pretty small cache. I’m not at my home PC with its 6 megabit connection, but IIRC, the cache is 20 meg. Enough to store cookies, but not get clogged with crud.