Image "Save As" options changed...

[Guest]

I have WinXP Pro w/all updates installed. I have worked fine for almost 2
years on the same install, no problems, nice tight software installation
discipline, spyware and viral protection and website security does wonders.

However, at some point in the past month, something has gotten me. It is
not viral or spyware, but some website at some point appears to have changed
a config setting.

Description:
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Past Proper Execution: When I visit various web pages and see an image I
wish to save for future use, I right click on the image and select "Save
Picture As"...no problem. In the past, all the various image file types
would show up as format options. If the image was a gif file, gif would be
preselected, or I could chose jpeg or bmp, whatever. Most images I saved
were jpegs, and saved as such.

New/Problem Description: When I select "Save File As", the ONLY format
avaiable is bmp. No other format is available in the pulldown list, and the
file is actually saved as bmp format instead of the desired jpeg or gif, very
very inconvenient and undesired.

I am unable to locate any user-accessable menu for updating this. The only
thing close was the file association menu in Windows Explorer, but that's for
associating file type/extensions to what program executes them.

Someone please advise a registry key or config menu that enables me to
select all image formats when saving a file from IE. Thank you.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I have WinXP Pro w/all updates installed. I have worked fine for
almost 2 years on the same install, no problems, nice tight software
installation discipline, spyware and viral protection and website
security does wonders.

However, at some point in the past month, something has gotten me.
It is not viral or spyware, but some website at some point appears to
have changed a config setting.

Description:
--------------
Past Proper Execution: When I visit various web pages and see an
image I wish to save for future use, I right click on the image and
select "Save Picture As"...no problem. In the past, all the various
image file types would show up as format options. If the image was a
gif file, gif would be preselected, or I could chose jpeg or bmp,
whatever. Most images I saved were jpegs, and saved as such.

New/Problem Description: When I select "Save File As", the ONLY format
avaiable is bmp. No other format is available in the pulldown list,
and the file is actually saved as bmp format instead of the desired
jpeg or gif, very very inconvenient and undesired.

I am unable to locate any user-accessable menu for updating this.
The only thing close was the file association menu in Windows
Explorer, but that's for associating file type/extensions to what
program executes them.

Someone please advise a registry key or config menu that enables me to
select all image formats when saving a file from IE. Thank you.

That happens when the Temporary Internet Files are too full. In IE click
Tools | Internet Options. Click Delete Files in the Temporary Internet
files section of the General tab. On the next window place a check mark in
the box to Delete all offline content.

If that doesn't fix it, go to Tools | Internet Options | Advanced and scroll
down to the Security section. Uncheck "Do not save encrypted pages to
disk".

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[Guest]

Unfortunately, this did NOT solve the problem. From my former days as a MCP,
I still strongly believe that a registry key has been altered or some other
config item was changed. Neither the cache dump nor the encrypted page
setting effected the described problem.

Any more insightful, in-depth analysis would be appreciated before I simply
quit looking and spend a day doing a reformat/reload...

Ray G

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Unfortunately, this did NOT solve the problem. From my former days
as a MCP, I still strongly believe that a registry key has been
altered or some other config item was changed. Neither the cache
dump nor the encrypted page setting effected the described problem.

Any more insightful, in-depth analysis would be appreciated before I
simply quit looking and spend a day doing a reformat/reload...

Ray G

open regedit.exe and navigate to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jpg (note the dot before jpg)
For Content Type is should say "image/jpeg"
Same for .jpe and .jpeg

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.gif
For Content Type it should say "image/gif"

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Guest]

Yes, those are all present. I'm sensing that nobody here knows the
definitive location/switch/option that controls the pulldown list of formats
for this function. If anyone truly knows, please chime in, else I'll have to
just quit wasting time guessing and reload.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Yes, those are all present. I'm sensing that nobody here knows the
definitive location/switch/option that controls the pulldown list of formats
for this function. If anyone truly knows, please chime in, else I'll have to
just quit wasting time guessing and reload.

The defaults for all image types in XP are set by

regsvr32 /i shimgvw.dll

Note that those defaults can be overridden by other applications.


However, I don't think that your symptom is necessarily going to be fixed
by this. I think that the problem is that there is not enough information
left about the file after it has been rendered. E.g. perhaps it was
originally compressed or marked non-cacheable and thus never saved
to the TIF; so the only version of it which is left to be saved is one
which can be derived from the rendered version (hence, BMP).


If it is just a case that the full source file is available but the filetypes
can not be listed (which is the sort of thing you seem to be implying)
you could try using Save Picture As... and typing whatever extension
you imagine should be possible.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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