View Source code unreliable

[Guest]

I cannot view the source code on some sites. Have checked with another PC and can be viewed. Will reinstalling IE6 help and how do I do that??

 

[Don Varnau]

Dennis,
First, clear the IE cache. IE> Tools> Internet Options> General> Delete
files (and delete offline content.) It's often recommended that the TIF
folder be kept at about 50 MB (Settings.)

If you have a shortcut to Notepad.exe on the desktop, rename it.

Some people have reported that Quick View Plus can cause this

Additional information at
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#view_source
and
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/iescrcod.htm

Don
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I cannot view the source code on some sites. Have checked with another PC

and can be viewed. Will reinstalling IE6 help and how do I do that??

 

[Guest]

Clearing the cache fixed the proble

Thanks Do

----- Don Varnau wrote: ----

Dennis
First, clear the IE cache. IE> Tools> Internet Options> General> Delet
files (and delete offline content.) It's often recommended that the TI
folder be kept at about 50 MB (Settings.

If you have a shortcut to Notepad.exe on the desktop, rename it

Some people have reported that Quick View Plus can cause thi

Additional information a
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#view_sourc
an
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/iescrcod.ht

Do
--
MVP IE/O
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate

I cannot view the source code on some sites. Have checked with another P

and can be viewed. Will reinstalling IE6 help and how do I do that?

 

[Don Varnau]

You're welcome. I like the easy fixes ;-)
Don

Clearing the cache fixed the problem

Thanks Don

 

[Guest]

Dennis,
I'm not sure reinstalling IE will solve your problem. Some of the newsgroup replies speak of clearing cache, temporary files, messing with the Registry, etc., to fix this problem, but that is something I do regularly, and NotePad always opened with the desired HTML code. Suddenly, NotePad opened with nothing in the page.

Try this: Make sure that "notepad.exe" is present in your PC. I did a search for all occurances of "notepad" and came up with two 65K versions in the c:\windows and c:\program files\internet explorer\connection wizard. There was a third file in c:\windows\system32, but it was only 3K. I opened it with an editor and found an "MZ" file identifier (which means nothing to me). But, renaming this file to "Xnotepad.exe" made the HTML code suddenly reappear when I click on View Source. This anomaly just seemed to happen, and I have no idea how it got there.

I hope this helps.