Can't view source code

[Jim H]

Purchased a laptop recently which was loaded with MS
Explorer 6.0. I 'learned' HTML and web page development
by viewing the source code of other developers years ago.
So, I was surprised to find when I clicked on 'view'
and 'source' ... nothing in my current Ver of ie6.
Couldn't find any switches to turn this option on.

Would appreciate the key to this little mystery

Thanks.

Jim
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[Jan Il]

Purchased a laptop recently which was loaded with MS
Explorer 6.0. I 'learned' HTML and web page development
by viewing the source code of other developers years ago.
So, I was surprised to find when I clicked on 'view'
and 'source' ... nothing in my current Ver of ie6.
Couldn't find any switches to turn this option on.

Would appreciate the key to this little mystery

It is possible you may have parasites, spy or malware on your system causing
the problem. Download, install, update the programs to be sure they have the
latest
definitions, then run the programs below. They are free and very effective.
Be sure to run both SpyBot and Adaware, as what one does not detect the
other may. Follow the directions carefully:

SpyBot Search & Destroy: Free
http://download.com.com/3000-8022-10289035.html?tag=lst-0-2
or
http://majorgeeks.com/download2471.html

AdAware: Free
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
or
http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html

CWShredder: Free
http://tinyurl.com/2l9kl
or
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html
also see
CWShredder - Remove from Registry - See 3rd one down here
http://www.computing.net/security/wwwboard/forum/11527.html

CoolWebSearch Chronicles
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html


HTH

Jan

 

[Don Varnau]

Jim,
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