# Why does IE want to save all pictures as a .bmp and untitled?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ie-want-to-save-all-pictures-as-a-bmp-and-untitled/253171>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 2, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ie-want-to-save-all-pictures-as-a-bmp-and-untitled/253171 "2004-07-02T03:49:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![LuckySevens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@LuckySevens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LuckySevens)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ie-want-to-save-all-pictures-as-a-bmp-and-untitled/253171/1 "2004-07-02T03:49:36Z")

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Everytime I go to right click and Save As for picture I’m viewing in internet explorer, for some reason it always comes up "untitled’ as a .bmp. When I save it as that it still is viewable; just as a bmp.

I cant call it a .jpg or any other files, im restricted to bmp.

What would be causing this? Is there an obvious solution? Its really frustrating.

Thanks 😃

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ie-want-to-save-all-pictures-as-a-bmp-and-untitled/253171/2 "2004-07-02T03:54:15Z")

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Clear your Temporary Internet Files. No, it’s not obvious.