I could use some help

Published on February 17, 2005 By _02 In Personal Computing

Hi, I wen't to download a gif off a web page and noticed that the only save as option I have is bmp. I cannot save as is in gif,jpg or any other format but bmp anymore. Anyone have any ideas. I use to be able to choose my format. Not anymore. Something has happened.

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Jafo

on Feb 17, 2005

Often happens when IE's cache is 'full'....go to options and empty cache files...

_02

on Feb 17, 2005

Hi Jafo, That did't work. I keep my cache clean on a regular basis, but I cleaned it again and no luck.

Jafo

on Feb 17, 2005

IE's options ain't the best at doing it...I usually manually delete the files and their generated folders....once every week or so...

_02

on Feb 17, 2005

I use Zonealarm Pro to do it. I looked in my cache file and there is nothing there. I think I looked in the right place. Windows and then cache folder? Could it be a setting that got changed somewhere in one of my programs?

Jafo

on Feb 17, 2005

Cache is in Documents and settings...and a long way in the tree.....

_02

on Feb 17, 2005

Oh! I am sorry to be a pain, exactly how do I get there. I tried, but...DUH!

WOWfactor.555.

on Feb 17, 2005

A Good Way To Get In To The Cache Folder Is To Go To :
Tools > Internet Options
On The General Tab Click On Settings > View Files
That Will Open An Explorer Window Right In Your Cache Folder.
Ctrl + A And Then Shift + Delete To Delete Everything.

Cheers.

_02

on Feb 17, 2005

Thank's WowFactor,but that did not do it either. I have something wrong I fear. A changed setting or something. I don't have any bugs or anything. I have run all my scans so, I am stumped and frustrated. The only thing about this I found on the MS web site related to a compression problem caused by AOL. I do not have AOL!

yrag

on Feb 17, 2005

With some system config. that's all it will allow you to do...save it to your HD and right click 'edit' and convert it to anything you want.

_02

on Feb 17, 2005

I am very thankful for your help yrag, but I am not that familiar with system congigurations. I do not know how to do what you are talking about. I know how to get to the sytem config., but from there I have'nt got a clue.

yrag

on Feb 17, 2005

You can't change it...download the .bmp to your hard drive as a .bmp and then right click it and click edit (or open MS Paint and point to downloaded file). Either way, when 'Paint' comes up, click on 'File/Save as'......

_02

on Feb 17, 2005

That will work great for a jpg file, but will it work with an animated gif. I still don't know why I use to have all the save as options, but don't anymore. It is a mystery! Thanks for the help.

yrag

on Feb 17, 2005

It will work with any. There's different 'guesses' why this happens (it been going on for years and MS has never really addressed it), but my personal opinion is that it all depends how the image's net addy is listed. That's why sometimes you can and other times you can't. Who knows..

eieio

on Feb 17, 2005

I've run across this before in cases where it was a misconfigured web server. If mime-types aren't set correctly on the server, it doesn't deliver the file as the correct type. In those cases, there is nothing you can do except convert the file as yrag suggested.

yrag

on Feb 17, 2005

Ya know what pic...I have Microangelo and never noticed any change, but in trying animated gifs without it, it appears that the last IE update (probably January's) changed it. You can change the ext before downloading it in the name file box by adding the ext you want, but it mis-configures the pixel size and changes the frame rate to 1. If you try it in another browser (or you don't have the updates installed), it works.

MS finally addresses it by taking the option away...grrrr

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