Can't view source

[Cliff Bandringa]

Using IE version 6.0.2800.1106 w/XP and when I click on
View -> Source, I get nothing. What should I do? I have
considered reinstalling IE. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Don Varnau]

Cliff,
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

 

[Guest]

Cliff,

I'm not sure reinstalling IE will solve your problem. Some of the newsgroup replies speak of clearing cache, temporary files, 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.

For your problem: 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.