Trying to save JPEG but become bitmap instead

[Chris]

For some reason when I try to save a JPEG off of a
website the only option I have is to save it as a bitmap.
This never use to be a problem but somehow the settings
must have changed.

Can anyone give some pointers?

Thanks

 

[Larry H.]

I had this happen to me and the solution that worked for
me was to EMPTY (Delete)my Temporary Files Then, the
next time I tried to save a JPEG file, it worked just
fine...

Larry

 

[Robert Briggs]

I'm having the same problem. Tried emptying out Windows/Temp file but it
still wants to only save a jpg image off a web page to a bmp format. Seems
like one of these recent critical updates changed it.

Robert Briggs

 

[Jone Doe]

Winndows/temp file is a good thing to clean out occasionally, but empty the
Temporary Internet Files too, if they get too full or corrupt you will get
the error you have.

Open IE, click tools, internet options, general tab, about the middle of the
page.

apply, ok out, reboot, and see if it works now.

 

[JayMore]

I'm having the same problem. Tried emptying out Windows/Temp file but
it still wants to only save a jpg image off a web page to a bmp format.
Seems like one of these recent critical updates changed it.

Robert Briggs

This appends when the web servers do not send the "Content/type: image/jpg"
header, and let I.Explorer detects itself the format of the image. It is a
I.E. bug, and I think there is nothing you can do.

It appends with GIF/PNG/anyother file format : if the Content/type is empty
or is wrong, you could only save has BMP (depends of IE and OS version, of
course )

Jay.

 

[Robert Briggs]

Thanks Jone. After I posted my message I remembered the Temporary Internet
Files. (Actually, this is a nice location to nab those great SWF files and
whatnot that are very difficult to otherwise save) I prefer to use Windows
Explorer and do it manually. Being an old DOS guy I've very comfortable
with file utilities. Plus I don't want to delete some cookies which will
force me to enter info again on certain sites. Sort the files by type or
size then delete the larger ones. For some reason the Battle of Britain mod
for BF1942 was in there ... all 40+ mb of it.

C:\Documents and Settings\Robert\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files

Yep, clearing out some space here definately solved my problems. Now it
saves jpgs as jpgs instead of as bmps.

Robert Briggs

 

[Jone Doe]

You're welcome. My first "real" computer used DOS 1.25 and had a whopping
10 Meg Hard Drive, so I love DOS also.

Thanks Jone. After I posted my message I remembered the Temporary Internet
Files. (Actually, this is a nice location to nab those great SWF files and
whatnot that are very difficult to otherwise save) I prefer to use Windows
Explorer and do it manually. Being an old DOS guy I've very comfortable
with file utilities. Plus I don't want to delete some cookies which will
force me to enter info again on certain sites. Sort the files by type or
size then delete the larger ones. For some reason the Battle of Britain mod
for BF1942 was in there ... all 40+ mb of it.

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[YK]

Thanks Jone. After I posted my message I remembered the Temporary
Internet Files. (Actually, this is a nice location to nab those
great SWF files and whatnot that are very difficult to otherwise
save) I prefer to use Windows Explorer and do it manually. Being an
old DOS guy I've very comfortable with file utilities. Plus I don't
want to delete some cookies which will force me to enter info again
on certain sites. Sort the files by type or size then delete the
larger ones. For some reason the Battle of Britain mod for BF1942
was in there ... all 40+ mb of it.

C:\Documents and Settings\Robert\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files

Yep, clearing out some space here definately solved my problems. Now
it saves jpgs as jpgs instead of as bmps.

Robert Briggs

Have a look at CacheSentry:
http://www.mindspring.com/~dpoch/enigmatic/index.html

By the way, clearing the IE Temporary cache does not remove the cookies.
In fact there is a separate button in IE V6.0 to do this. It is always
good to set the cache to only 50 Megs and clear it regularly as this speeds
up browsing.