# IE Wants to save BMP  I want JPEG!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-wants-to-save-bmp-i-want-jpeg/221664>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 30, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-wants-to-save-bmp-i-want-jpeg/221664 "2003-12-30T01:05:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![blasphmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@blasphmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasphmer)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-wants-to-save-bmp-i-want-jpeg/221664/1 "2003-12-30T01:05:15Z")

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I’m trying to save some JPEG files from internet explorer. It ONLY gives me the option of saving as BMP. Why? How do I save as JPG?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-wants-to-save-bmp-i-want-jpeg/221664/2 "2003-12-30T01:08:41Z")

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I had this happen before. I found a site (can’t remember it, though) that suggested clearing out your temporary internet files. I tried it and it worked.

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**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-wants-to-save-bmp-i-want-jpeg/221664/3 "2003-12-30T02:04:32Z")

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Get a real viewer.

[http://www.irfanview.com/](http://www.irfanview.com/)

Its free.

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**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-wants-to-save-bmp-i-want-jpeg/221664/4 "2003-12-30T02:07:28Z")

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Bet you’re running XP. 'tis a well-known bug, this.

Clear your internet cache, and all should be well.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-wants-to-save-bmp-i-want-jpeg/221664/5 "2003-12-30T02:11:32Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Reeder \*  
> Get a real viewer.
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> [http://www.irfanview.com/](http://www.irfanview.com/)
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> Its free.

You might want to read the OP again because I think you did not understand the problem.

Yes, it is a known bug in WIN98 too and clearing the cache is what makes it go away.

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**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-wants-to-save-bmp-i-want-jpeg/221664/6 "2003-12-30T02:11:52Z")

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Discussed [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=229032).

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**Author:** ![Patr100](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Patr100](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patr100)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-wants-to-save-bmp-i-want-jpeg/221664/7 "2003-12-30T02:30:33Z")

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yep, go to tools/internet options. temporary files and press "delete files " . Restart IE.