Small "problem" with saving pictures

[Guest lightnix]

Until recently, when I right-clicked on a picture on a website and hit "Save Picture As..." it would save in the picture's actual format. Now it only offers me the option of saving as a bitmap :D

 

What's happened? Might it be something to do with having installed Service Pack 3 or have I done something silly somewhere else?

 

Does anybody know how to get back to saving in the original picture format?

 

Thanks in advance.

[charlyfarly]

I presume you mean changing bmp back to jpg?

I open the picture in Paintbox then resave the picture. There will be a drop down selection on the file box. Select jpg. and bobs your uncle!

[NM13]

I presume you mean changing bmp back to jpg?

I open the picture in Paintbox then resave the picture. There will be a drop down selection on the file box. Select jpg. and bobs your uncle!

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Lightnix your problem is that your temporary internet folder has a lot of files in it. When it reaches a certain point it only allows you to save images as Bitmaps. If you go to your internet options (Tools - Internet options) then click on delete files in the temporary internet files section this should solve your problem. hope it helps.

[charlyfarly]

I've just learned something new! I never knew that, thanx :o :D

[Ross]

Can I boast about the drag-and-drop related happiness of not owning a PC?

Or will that just upset people.

[Guest lightnix]

Can I boast about the drag-and-drop related happiness of not owning a PC?

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No, you may not :o

 

Tried clearing the temporary files, to no avail (it's something I do very regularly anyway). Someone else told me that it's an IE bug - maybe time for a new browser :D

[KindredHyperion]

http://sfx-images.mozilla.org/affiliates/Buttons/88x31/get.gif

:D

[jamienip]

http://sfx-images.mozilla.org/affiliates/Buttons/88x31/get.gif

:D

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It's what I did, however, keep finding I need plug-in after plug-in to get it to work, and some sites just work better on IE. Pro's and cons with both.

[chris999998]

http://sfx-images.mozilla.org/affiliates/Buttons/88x31/get.gif

:D

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It's what I did, however, keep finding I need plug-in after plug-in to get it to work, and some sites just work better on IE. Pro's and cons with both.

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Not to mention I found firefox seemed to take ages to load, but then that XP install was dying (RIP old install)...

 

Chris

[Modge]

I find firefox in pretty much always better tbh. Yes you do have to install some codecs when you first get it but then your sorted for ever more. Also using the adblock plugin you can actaully speed up page downloads by not downloading any or many of the ads, which can be huge. It's also rather more virus \ malware proof than certain browsers I could name.

[P. Funk]

Firefox loses your bookmarks, history etc, if you power off your computer in the middle of a web-browsing session

 

:D

 

Someone told me the IE BMP files thing was just it being stupid - the files were still actually JPEGs, just trying to save with a BMP extension for some reason.

[J Pearce]

Have you tried downloading the latest version of IE and doing a clean install of IE?

[gareth]

Firefox loses your bookmarks, history etc, if you power off your computer in the middle of a web-browsing session

Nah, it doesn't. Many's the time I've powered my PC off with Firefox windows still open, and my bookmarks and history have remained intact.

[mac.calder]

Firefox loses your bookmarks, history etc, if you power off your computer in the middle of a web-browsing session

 

Never has for me... Usually the profile is just locked, and you have to manually delete the .lock file in your profile

[david.elsbury]

Until recently, when I right-clicked on a picture on a website and hit "Save Picture As..." it would save in the picture's actual format.  Now it only offers me the option of saving as a bitmap :huh:

 

What's happened?  Might it be something to do with having installed Service Pack 3 or have I done something silly somewhere else?

 

Does anybody know how to get back to saving in the original picture format?

 

Thanks in advance.

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Restart IE, and/or your machine. Do you have many instances of IE open? Sometimes I find that this triggers this 'issue'.

Also, when using Firefox, it does all downloads via the download window.Soo easy to get to that pic/zipfile/whatever you downloaded a week ago but don't remember where you put it.