Saving Images with IE6

[caroloyl]

Not a big problem--just a bit of a nuisance:

I upgraded to IE 6 (from 5.5) last year and found that when saving JPGs 6
automatically adds the file extension as "JPEG." Because I have viewers
that don't recognize that version of the extension I must manually change
them all. Is there some setting somewhere I can adjust to make IE6 save as
"JPG" instead?

Thanks for your consideration

carol

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Not a big problem--just a bit of a nuisance:

I upgraded to IE 6 (from 5.5) last year and found that when saving JPGs 6
automatically adds the file extension as "JPEG." Because I have viewers
that don't recognize that version of the extension I must manually change
them all. Is there some setting somewhere I can adjust to make IE6 save as
"JPG" instead?

I doubt it but FWIW what I would try in that case is deleting
the extension from that file type association.

E.g. in a cmd window notice all that are associated
with filetype jpegfile:

<cmd_output OS="XPsp2">
E:\>assoc | find /i "jpegfile"
..jfif=pjpegfile
..jpe=jpegfile
..jpeg=jpegfile
..jpg=jpegfile
</cmd_output>

Now, .jpeg comes before .jpg but what has always puzzled me
is why I never see .jpe used first instead.

Hmm... well, one thing might be that only .jpeg and .jpg
have OpenWithList subkeys in HKCU. So, if that's where
..jpeg as the first item is coming from that could explain it.

I'd use ProcMon to see which keys and values were being
accessed to show you your prompt. That would give you
more insight into what would have to change.

Thanks for your consideration

carol

Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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