Saving graphics from the internet

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carrie640

Discussion Starter · Jan 25, 2003

UGH! All of a sudden one day EVERYTHING I saved from a website...ANY WEBSITE...would only save as a .bmp! It didn't matter if it was supposed to be a .gif or a .jpg....it defaulted as a .bmp. WHY is this? What happened? Is this an IE 6.0 thing? I am ready to toss the thing out of the window!

Please help! It doesn't even give me an option to save it as anything else!

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Beem

· #2 · Jan 25, 2003

This happens to me sometimes too, in IE6 (WinXP Pro Sp1). It will try to save pictures as untitled.bmp and I am unable to change the format. Although this only happens once in awhile it is quite annoying. Anyone have a cure for this?

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johnwill

· #3 · Jan 25, 2003

While in IE, Tools, Internet Options, Delete Files. This happens when your Temp space gets too many files.

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Beem

· #4 · Jan 27, 2003

Makes sense, thanks.

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johnwill

· #5 · Jan 27, 2003

Yes, but did that fix the problem?

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carrie640

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jan 27, 2003

It fixed it for a little while..not long at all. I did a thorough clean of everything!! Temp files, history, cookies....etc....from the cleaning program I have. I tried to save a graphic then....and I could save it in the correct format! 12 hours later....It doesn't work anymore

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carrie640

Discussion Starter · #7 · Jan 27, 2003

ACTUALLY...you know what? I just tried to save your graphic (the belt buckle) to see what would happen and it worked fine! Why does this happen?!??! Most of the time it DOES NOT WORK!

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johnwill

· #8 · Jan 27, 2003

There could be something else going on in your system, most of the time clearing the temp files cache brings the system back to sanity.

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