I’d like to have my browser configured to be able to “Save Picture As” .jpg when I right click on a .jpg picture.
As it is now, if I right click on a picture that is a .jpg, it tries to save it as a .bmp, and there is no other options in the drop down menu.
And please, don’t tell me to get Mozilla or Firefox, I’d like to be able to do this in IE 6 (I could with the last IE 5 iteration I had on my last machine…)
TIA
I’m constantly having this problem with IE, that’s why I ended up switching to Firefox. Anyway, the way that I fixed it was to delete my Temporary Internet files. My computer kept freezing when I did this through the Internet Options, so I went in and manually deleted them. It worked, but only for a short time. I also couldn’t view sources of webpages, and that fixed that issue too.
Here’s Microsoft’s take on it: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810978
Emptying the temporary internet files really did work for me when I had that problem.
Save the image as a bitmap. Then open the bitmap in Paint and save it as a jpeg. This works well if you only have to do it occasionally, but if you want to save images as jpegs for a living I imagine it would get quite tedious.
Well, I’m getting pretty fed up with the anomalies of IE 6.
Not hardly a week ago I posted a question here regarding the inability to view source code, and the answer (that worked like a charm!) was to delete the Temporary Internet Files.
Now that the answer to this problem is the same (and my apologies for not searching the Microsoft Bug Reports, I was too busy digging through “Internet Options” thinking it was something that could be set by the user :rolleyes: ) I’m just about ready to jump onto the Mozilla or Firefox bandwagon.
Thanks again to all who have responded.
Which 3rd party browser is more popular/user friendly?? I don’t ask a lot from a browser. I like the Pop-Up blocking, ability to view source code and save pictures as their native file extension (be it .jpg, .gif, .bmp…whatever).
Go with Firefox. It’s got the most user friendly interfact that I’ve tried, and it does all that stuff you listed very easily.
Just tried my IE 6 and I have both jpg and bmp???
What I do with all my browsers, AOHell, IE, Irefox and Oprah is to right click - copy - launch my Irfanview picture program off of my quick launch bar on the lower left, that I use for all my pics and hit cntl+v and save where and how I want.
Got the key strokes down and can do it in a flash.
Since I’m on dial-up ( Grrrrrrrr ) I can use AOHell or Irefox for ‘view source’.
IE is still fastest at pulling up weather radar loops for me.
I use which ever browser works best for my different sites. Being on dial-up I can see the differences that might not show up on broadband.
Unknow sites, I use Irefox because that seems to be the safest at this time.
YMMV
Well you’ve told us not to ask you to switch, but then you’re asking us for other browser recommendations. Hmm… Anyway, I’d second Firefox. If you like IE, then this is the best other browser for you. It’s quite similar in its look and feel (moreso than Opera or even firefox’s cousin Mozilla/Netscape). The extensions (mouse gestures especially) are worth it too.
The “clearing out the temporary internet files” thing worked for me too when I was using IE and had this same forced .bmp problem. And that was a version or two ago, as I remember.
I wanted to head off any “Just get Firefox” replies so I could get to the bottom of this problem.
But since it has been determined that this problem has the same root cause as a previous problem, and both problems affect browser functions I like to use frequently, I can throw in the towel a little easier on IE 6.
I just hate the prospect of adding 3rd party programs to a fairly new rig that, save the browser, works pretty f’n sweet. If doing that causes me more trouble than the fairly minor annoyances I’m having now, I’ll…well, I’ll start some new threads! That’s what I’ll do! 
Unless you’re running nothing but Microsoft programs, you’re probably running all kinds of “third party” programs already. I’m not sure I understand the worry.
Third party browser. A guy at work installed Firefox on his computer and it won’t load certain things, like weather maps (Java based). I’d like something that would just load and go like IE 5.X used to for me.
He might not have his Firefox configured correctly, I didn’t participate in the installation.
Yeah, I run lots of 3rd party programs, but none of them (AFAIK) are trying to do the job of something that was originally bundled in with XP. I don’t want a pissing match to break out between browsers, that’s why I’ve not been inclined to swap out ever before. If it works as advertised, I’ll be fine with it.
Annoyingly, the Internet Option labeled “Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed” doesn’t work reliably (it’s under Tools, Internet Options, the Advanced tab). The way to beat it is to edit the registry (regedit). Search for “Persistent” (match the whole word only). You’ll find at least one place where the default is defined - set that to binary zero. You’ll also find two or more occurrences of “Persistent” where you should set the value to zero.
Once you’ve done this, the cache will clear itself when you exit IE about 95% of the time. When it doesn’t, a reboot will restore the desired behavior of the self-clearing cache.
Isn’t it a little dangerous to blindly set all instances of “Persistent” in the Registry to 0? How about if other applications happen to use the same name for their values?
The only ones I’ve ever seen in there refer to the temporary files cache, but I suppose it’s remotely possible that some other software designer might use the same name for a key value. So, to be safe, only change it if it’s somewhere like “My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache” or “My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Cache.”
The Default Setting is actually a little tougher to track down. It appears under “My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AdvancedOptions\CRYPTO\CACHE_FLUSH” as a string called “DefaultValue” (when searching for “Persistent,” you’ll find a value name of “Persistent” - the DefaultValue setting is a few items above it).
The short answer to your concern, of course, is simply to say that, if you stumble on a key called “Persistent” that doesn’t pretty clearly involve the Internet cache, leave it alone.