Right Click -> Save As...

kornmart · 03-April-04, 12:44 AM

Ok... so when I go to save a picture from anywhere, I right click, and save as. But the problem is, my Internet Explorer wants to save everything as a .bmp. How do I change that so it saves it as whatever the file should be? Like, if it's posted as a .jpg, or .gif it will save it as that?

HoJo · 03-April-04, 01:31 AM

I have the same problem and don't know what's causing it. What I do is copy and paste the image to photo shop or paint then save as what I want.

unholy · 03-April-04, 03:07 AM

Sometimes shutting down Internet Explorer and restarting it helps. No clue as to what is actually causing it--I have the same problem every now and then, and it seems to happen at random.

You can also try saving the entire page as "web page - compete" (not *.mht), and then copying the image from the _files folder.

Ben · 03-April-04, 03:26 AM

Clear your browsers cache, delete cookies. Have seen this problem and i believe thats a 99% of the time fix, and if not I am sure someone will tell me Im wrong

BigAkita · 03-April-04, 03:44 AM

That's a common problem. Do what Ben said and it should work for you.

HoJo · 03-April-04, 11:25 AM

I was just playing around with this and found if you type .jpg after the file name it will be saved as a jpeg even though it is not in the file type drop down. I'll try Bens fix later.

kornmart · 05-April-04, 06:17 PM

NIIICE!! Clearing the history, cache, and cookies worked... but what does all that have to do with how a file is saved???

DuplexEmotions · 05-April-04, 06:27 PM

Just switch to Firefox. I haven't had that problem since I switched.

kornmart · 05-April-04, 06:30 PM

what's firefox?

DuplexEmotions · 05-April-04, 06:31 PM

it's an alternate browser, basically a smaller version of Mozilla. you can get it from http://www.mozilla.org . I swear by it. Blocks popups, too!

03-April-04, 12:44 AM		#1 (permalink)
kornmart Apex Master Tech	Right Click -> Save As... Ok... so when I go to save a picture from anywhere, I right click, and save as. But the problem is, my Internet Explorer wants to save everything as a .bmp. How do I change that so it saves it as whatever the file should be? Like, if it's posted as a .jpg, or .gif it will save it as that?

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03-April-04, 01:31 AM		#2 (permalink)
HoJo Review Pimp, but still Jo's Ho	I have the same problem and don't know what's causing it. What I do is copy and paste the image to photo shop or paint then save as what I want.

03-April-04, 03:07 AM		#3 (permalink)
unholy Un-Hoe-ly	Sometimes shutting down Internet Explorer and restarting it helps. No clue as to what is actually causing it--I have the same problem every now and then, and it seems to happen at random. You can also try saving the entire page as "web page - compete" (not *.mht), and then copying the image from the _files folder.

03-April-04, 03:26 AM		#4 (permalink)
Ben Mote-Hoe-Cross	Clear your browsers cache, delete cookies. Have seen this problem and i believe thats a 99% of the time fix, and if not I am sure someone will tell me Im wrong

03-April-04, 03:44 AM		#5 (permalink)
BigAkita n00b-ass reviewer	That's a common problem. Do what Ben said and it should work for you.

03-April-04, 11:25 AM		#6 (permalink)
HoJo Review Pimp, but still Jo's Ho	I was just playing around with this and found if you type .jpg after the file name it will be saved as a jpeg even though it is not in the file type drop down. I'll try Bens fix later.

05-April-04, 06:17 PM		#7 (permalink)
kornmart Apex Master Tech	NIIICE!! Clearing the history, cache, and cookies worked... but what does all that have to do with how a file is saved???

05-April-04, 06:27 PM		#8 (permalink)
DuplexEmotions Bi P-Hoe-lar	Just switch to Firefox. I haven't had that problem since I switched.

05-April-04, 06:30 PM		#9 (permalink)
kornmart Apex Master Tech	what's firefox?

05-April-04, 06:31 PM		#10 (permalink)
DuplexEmotions Bi P-Hoe-lar	it's an alternate browser, basically a smaller version of Mozilla. you can get it from http://www.mozilla.org . I swear by it. Blocks popups, too!