OT: How to get IE to save images as not-bmp?

[Ben N]

I once figured this out on another computer but I can't remember, and now it is happening again--no matter what the format of the original image, IE only wants to save as a bitmap.  I can work around it where there is a link directly to a jpg or gif, but not where the image is on a regular html page.
Thanks for your help,
Ben

[Dirk_Hendrik]

Cannot help but I ran into this problem a few weeks ago as well. Interested in the answer.

[cd]

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;810978

[smoguzbenjamin]

There should be a 'save file as type' option where you an choose between bmp and gif. At least, on the latest release of IE6 there is.

[Ben N]

Thanks, cd.  That MS article did the trick.  Dirk, check it out.
Ben

[Hal]

IE also does this stupid thing where it doesn't wanna save the image well if you have a full cache....you need to clear your temporary files then restart IE.  Wanna download the fix?:

www.mozilla.org

:-D

[The Tone God]

Wanna download the fix?: www.mozilla.org

I applied that "firefox patch" some time ago and everything has been great since. Highly recommend.

Andrew

[Fret Wire]

Thanks cd, that was helpful and handy to know.