Classical problem: Cannot view source in Internet Explorer

[Christian Falk]

Hi!

I've hade this problem quite a long time now and are getting quite
frustraded.

When I click "View Source" on any webpage notepad will start, but it
shows the error message "Cannot find path" or more exactly in Swedish
"Det går inte att hitta sökvägen." and doesn't show the sourcecode.
Right now I have to open Mozilla to view the sourcecode for a page.

I think I've tried everything I found here on the newsgroups:
* Cleared the temporary internet files, both from IE and from the
Control Panel.
* Checked that Notepad works and exist and is not a third party
* Checked the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\View Source Editor" and other registry keys found in the
Knowledge Base.
* Tried all cures on the
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1246/ page.

Another funny thing is that I've just changed computer, it didn't work
on the previous machine and not this one either. (Previous was a W2k
and this i WXP) I still have the same domain username though. For
other accounts on this machine it works, but not for me. Then it will
certainly be something wrong on user-level.

What's next? Anybody have any good ideas?

Greetings
Christian

 

[Jan Il]

Hi Christian

Check the following and see if it helps:

If you have a shortcut to Notepad on your desktop rename it to Npad.

Source Code Is Not Displayed When You Click Source on the View Menu in
Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];306907

Line: 183. View Source: Restore Notepad as Default
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Quick View Plus can also cause this problem.
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#view_source
and/or
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/iescrcod.htm
and
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/774/

Restore Source View:

Backup your registry before modifying

Search the registry (Start>run..type in "regedit" without the quotes>
press OK, then search for the DWORD "noviewsource".(without the quotes)

If that exists, delete it or set it to 0.

Also...try creating a new user profile for the one that is not working, or
perhaps it needs to be added somehwere.

Hope this helps.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
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[Christian Falk]

Thanks for your quick answer! =)

But I'm afriad the problem is still there. =(

I've also tried these:
* There's no shortcut on the desktop.
* Notepad exists and works, You can both start it with
"c:\windows\notepad.exe" or with an argument like
"c:\windows\notepad.exe hej.txt". That works splendid.
* I'm able to manually put a file in the cookie-directory, so it
cannot be a security problem on that directory. The cookies are also
updated as I visit sites, so the reference seems to work as well.
* I'm in the administrator group on the machine, so there shouldn't
be any restrictions or policies to not be able to view source. (I've
also searched for the noviewsource key in the registry, and there are
none.

The only thing I didn't understand from your postning was how to
create a new user profile. Do you mean a whole new user account for me
or are you able to create a new user profile only for IE?

Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance
Christian

Hi Christian

Check the following and see if it helps:

If you have a shortcut to Notepad on your desktop rename it to Npad.

Source Code Is Not Displayed When You Click Source on the View Menu in
Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];306907

Line: 183. View Source: Restore Notepad as Default
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Quick View Plus can also cause this problem.
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#view_source
and/or
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/iescrcod.htm
and
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/774/

Restore Source View:

Backup your registry before modifying

Search the registry (Start>run..type in "regedit" without the quotes>
press OK, then search for the DWORD "noviewsource".(without the quotes)

If that exists, delete it or set it to 0.

Also...try creating a new user profile for the one that is not working, or
perhaps it needs to be added somehwere.

Hope this helps.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
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that's why they're so contagious.

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...

Hi!

I've hade this problem quite a long time now and are getting quite
frustraded.

When I click "View Source" on any webpage notepad will start, but it
shows the error message "Cannot find path" or more exactly in Swedish
"Det går inte att hitta sökvägen." and doesn't show the sourcecode.
Right now I have to open Mozilla to view the sourcecode for a page.

I think I've tried everything I found here on the newsgroups:
* Cleared the temporary internet files, both from IE and from the
Control Panel.
* Checked that Notepad works and exist and is not a third party
* Checked the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\View Source Editor" and other registry keys found in the
Knowledge Base.
* Tried all cures on the
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1246/ page.

Another funny thing is that I've just changed computer, it didn't work
on the previous machine and not this one either. (Previous was a W2k
and this i WXP) I still have the same domain username though. For
other accounts on this machine it works, but not for me. Then it will
certainly be something wrong on user-level.

What's next? Anybody have any good ideas?

Greetings
Christian

 

[Don Varnau]

Hi,
There's another idea or two at http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm

Also, if these are secure pages, IE needs to cache the (secure, encrypted,
https) pages in order to show the source code. Go to Internet Options>
Advanced> Security and see that "Do not save encrypted pages to disk" is
unchecked.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

 

[Jan Il]

Thanks for your quick answer! =)

But I'm afriad the problem is still there. =(

I've also tried these:
* There's no shortcut on the desktop.
* Notepad exists and works, You can both start it with
"c:\windows\notepad.exe" or with an argument like
"c:\windows\notepad.exe hej.txt". That works splendid.
* I'm able to manually put a file in the cookie-directory, so it
cannot be a security problem on that directory. The cookies are also
updated as I visit sites, so the reference seems to work as well.
* I'm in the administrator group on the machine, so there shouldn't
be any restrictions or policies to not be able to view source. (I've
also searched for the noviewsource key in the registry, and there are
none.

Try Don's suggestion regarding the encrypted pages as well, it's one that I
overlooked and it may be the solution to the problem.

The only thing I didn't understand from your postning was how to
create a new user profile. Do you mean a whole new user account for me
or are you able to create a new user profile only for IE?

Yes...I meant that you should create a new user profile for yourself, or for
the account that is not working properly. You should also be sure to check
that you have all the proper User and Group permissions set for each
profile.

Hope this helps.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
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Hi Christian

Check the following and see if it helps:

If you have a shortcut to Notepad on your desktop rename it to Npad.

Source Code Is Not Displayed When You Click Source on the View Menu in
Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];306907

Line: 183. View Source: Restore Notepad as Default
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Quick View Plus can also cause this problem.
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#view_source
and/or
http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/iescrcod.htm
and
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/774/

Restore Source View:

Backup your registry before modifying

Search the registry (Start>run..type in "regedit" without the quotes>
press OK, then search for the DWORD "noviewsource".(without the quotes)

If that exists, delete it or set it to 0.

Also...try creating a new user profile for the one that is not working,
or
perhaps it needs to be added somehwere.

Hope this helps.

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other
readers.
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http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


...

Hi!

I've hade this problem quite a long time now and are getting quite
frustraded.

When I click "View Source" on any webpage notepad will start, but it
shows the error message "Cannot find path" or more exactly in Swedish
"Det går inte att hitta sökvägen." and doesn't show the sourcecode.
Right now I have to open Mozilla to view the sourcecode for a page.

I think I've tried everything I found here on the newsgroups:
* Cleared the temporary internet files, both from IE and from the
Control Panel.
* Checked that Notepad works and exist and is not a third party
* Checked the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\View Source Editor" and other registry keys found in the
Knowledge Base.
* Tried all cures on the
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1246/ page.

Another funny thing is that I've just changed computer, it didn't work
on the previous machine and not this one either. (Previous was a W2k
and this i WXP) I still have the same domain username though. For
other accounts on this machine it works, but not for me. Then it will
certainly be something wrong on user-level.

What's next? Anybody have any good ideas?

Greetings
Christian

 

[Christian Falk]

Hi again!

It's lots of excitement in the air when I look at what seems to be the
last thing I havn't tried curing this problem. Unchecking the "Do not
save secure pages box". It was already unchecked. Cr*p.

But I search a little more on the newsgroups and found the real
translation of the notepad error message "The system cannot find the
path specified". And it looks like I'm at least not alone with not
being able to solve the problem, here's another thread.

http://groups.google.se/groups?hl=s...the%20path%20specified!&hl=sv&lr=&sa=N&tab=wg

I've also search the computer for any notepad files, It exists two
notepad.exe one in C:\windows and another in C:\windows\system32. And
i no other places. (Not in All User desktop nor on My desktop, not as
a shortcut nor an executable file)

This really looks like an unsolvable problem.. maybe creating a new
account for me is the only way, but It feels like a quite drastic way
to solve a so small problem.

/Christian

Hi,
There's another idea or two at http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm

Also, if these are secure pages, IE needs to cache the (secure, encrypted,
https) pages in order to show the source code. Go to Internet Options>
Advanced> Security and see that "Do not save encrypted pages to disk" is
unchecked.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

Hi!

I've hade this problem quite a long time now and are getting quite
frustraded.

When I click "View Source" on any webpage notepad will start, but it
shows the error message "Cannot find path" or more exactly in Swedish
"Det går inte att hitta sökvägen." and doesn't show the sourcecode.
Right now I have to open Mozilla to view the sourcecode for a page.

I think I've tried everything I found here on the newsgroups:
* Cleared the temporary internet files, both from IE and from the
Control Panel.
* Checked that Notepad works and exist and is not a third party
* Checked the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\View Source Editor" and other registry keys found in the
Knowledge Base.
* Tried all cures on the
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1246/ page.

Another funny thing is that I've just changed computer, it didn't work
on the previous machine and not this one either. (Previous was a W2k
and this i WXP) I still have the same domain username though. For
other accounts on this machine it works, but not for me. Then it will
certainly be something wrong on user-level.

What's next? Anybody have any good ideas?

Greetings
Christian