Saving pictures as JPG or BMP problem

[mike]

For some reason which I cannot figure out, all pictures
that I now click on to save to hard disc will only be
saved as BMP, not JPG - even if the picture is a JPG
picture. Before, I did not have this problem. When you
right click to save a picture, your only option
under "save as type" is bmp (jpg option is not available
for any picture). Does anyone have any idea what is
going on and how to change this? Thanks

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Internet Explorer Saves Images As Bitmaps (.bmp Files)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810978&Product=ie600

Internet Explorer Does Not Save Graphics Files in the Proper Format
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260650&Product=ie600

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| For some reason which I cannot figure out, all pictures
| that I now click on to save to hard disc will only be
| saved as BMP, not JPG - even if the picture is a JPG
| picture. Before, I did not have this problem. When you
| right click to save a picture, your only option
| under "save as type" is bmp (jpg option is not available
| for any picture). Does anyone have any idea what is
| going on and how to change this? Thanks

 

[JAX]

Hi Mike,

Clear your internet cache and try again. This is usually the problem.

HTH, JAX

 

[Alex Nichol]

For some reason which I cannot figure out, all pictures
that I now click on to save to hard disc will only be
saved as BMP, not JPG - even if the picture is a JPG
picture.

This happens if the indexes of the Temporary Internet Files get
overloaded. In Control Panel - Internet Options, in the temporary
internet files section on the General page, click 'Delete files'. Then
I suggest click Settings and reduce the space allowed - 50 MB is
probably generous, and on big drives it tends to choose by default a
setting that is so high that this overload happens