IE6 On WinXpSp2View>Source = NOTHING

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Don I

I'm not quite sure which group this belongs in as the problem could be in
Windows itself OR in IE so I'm going to post it in both with follow-ups
going to both.

Anyway, I've got WinXP SP2 and IE6 as my browswer.

For a couple of months now, when ever I click View>Source in IE6, NOTHING
happens. No program tries to start. There are no error messages of any
kind. Is there some kind of registry setting that needs to be entered to
re-enable this?

TIA
 
OK one of the things suggested at that link is to make sure it has the path to the correct editor in the registry. I went and looked--not only was the correct path not listed, but the key wasn't even there. I added it as directed and it still won't work. And I just noticed in IE that the "Edit" icon is greyed out.

The following is from the web page and my responses to each item are in red.

1.. Temporary Files Full
When the Internet Explorer disk cache becomes full it may stop the View Source function from working. To resolve, open Internet Explorer and click "Tools" > "Internet Options" > "Delete Files". I deleted the temp files.

2.. Cookie Folder Location
This issue can also occur if your Cookies folder is located on an NTFS partition and you do not have at least Change permissions for the Cookies folder. To resolve, make sure your account has sufficient permissions on the Cookies folder. I am the administrator and I have full priviledges. In addition, the other sites I visit use cookies without problems (both new cookies and existing cookies that get changed).

3.. Missing Notepad.exe
The View Source function uses Notepad to display the HTML, if "notepad.exe" is missing from the Windows directory then it will not work. To resolve, ensure a copy of Notepad.exe is in the Windows directory. Not Missing. It is there.

4.. Incomplete Page Download
If you press the ESC key before the page has completed loading then the "View Source" menu item may not be displayed. The page has completely downloaded. This has been happening for a couple of months and it doesn't matter what the website is.

5.. View Source Restriction
The View Source function may have been restricted by your Administrator. To resolve, see the "NoViewSource" registry value in Internet Explorer Restrictions. I visited the link and not only was this restriction not set, the "Restrictions" key didn't even exist. Here's the registry path it says to look at. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
Restrictions]

6.. Invalid Temporary Directory
You may also receive this error if the path specified for the TMP environment variable is invalid. To resolve, make sure that the TEMP directory is a valid directory and that there is sufficient space on the drive. This directory is there and has one file (I just got through deleting temp files).

7.. Invalid View Source Program
If you have specified an alternate program to view the source code (see Use an Alternate Source Viewer with Internet Explorer). To resolve, make sure that the alternate viewer is valid and operational. I visited the link and the results are listed above. Here's the Registry Path it says to look at. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
View Source Editor\Editor Name] The "View Source Editor" key or any sub-keys don't even exist. I added this full path and it didn't work.

8.. Right-click disabled by Web Page
Some web pages may implement a restriction to stop visitors from right-clicking on the web page. The source may still be viewed by clicking the main "View" menu, then "Source". Not trying to right-click. Using View>Source in the menu bar. In addition, one of the web sites I've tried viewing the source on is my own and I don't have any such scripts loaded.
 
Don,
If you have a shortcut to notepad.exe on the desktop, rename it.

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

"Don I" <don.newsgroups[at]n0spam.donireland.com> wrote in message
OK one of the things suggested at that link is to make sure it has the path
to the correct editor in the registry. I went and looked--not only was the
correct path not listed, but the key wasn't even there. I added it as
directed and it still won't work. And I just noticed in IE that the "Edit"
icon is greyed out.

The following is from the web page and my responses to each item are in red.
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers2.htm#view_source
[SNIP]
 
Go here: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm - line 183 on the
left column. Download the .reg file to your desktop. If you want to see
what it'll do to your registry, right click and choose Edit. Then right
click and choose Merge. HTH. If no joy, try the little program on line
183, right column. This is a trusted site, done by a fellow MS MVP.

--

Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC, USA
(e-mail address removed)

OK one of the things suggested at that link is to make sure it has the path
to the correct editor in the registry. I went and looked--not only was the
correct path not listed, but the key wasn't even there. I added it as
directed and it still won't work. And I just noticed in IE that the "Edit"
icon is greyed out.

The following is from the web page and my responses to each item are in red.

Temporary Files Full
When the Internet Explorer disk cache becomes full it may stop the View
Source function from working. To resolve, open Internet Explorer and click
"Tools" > "Internet Options" > "Delete Files". I deleted the temp files.

Cookie Folder Location
This issue can also occur if your Cookies folder is located on an NTFS
partition and you do not have at least Change permissions for the Cookies
folder. To resolve, make sure your account has sufficient permissions on the
Cookies folder. I am the administrator and I have full priviledges. In
addition, the other sites I visit use cookies without problems (both new
cookies and existing cookies that get changed).

Missing Notepad.exe
The View Source function uses Notepad to display the HTML, if "notepad.exe"
is missing from the Windows directory then it will not work. To resolve,
ensure a copy of Notepad.exe is in the Windows directory. Not Missing. It
is there.

Incomplete Page Download
If you press the ESC key before the page has completed loading then the
"View Source" menu item may not be displayed. The page has completely
downloaded. This has been happening for a couple of months and it doesn't
matter what the website is.

View Source Restriction
The View Source function may have been restricted by your Administrator. To
resolve, see the "NoViewSource" registry value in Internet Explorer
Restrictions. I visited the link and not only was this restriction not
set, the "Restrictions" key didn't even exist. Here's the registry path it
says to look at. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\
Restrictions]

Invalid Temporary Directory
You may also receive this error if the path specified for the TMP
environment variable is invalid. To resolve, make sure that the TEMP
directory is a valid directory and that there is sufficient space on the
drive. This directory is there and has one file (I just got through
deleting temp files).

Invalid View Source Program
If you have specified an alternate program to view the source code (see Use
an Alternate Source Viewer with Internet Explorer). To resolve, make sure
that the alternate viewer is valid and operational. I visited the link and
the results are listed above. Here's the Registry Path it says to look at.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
View Source Editor\Editor Name] The "View Source Editor" key or any
sub-keys don't even exist. I added this full path and it didn't work.

Right-click disabled by Web Page
Some web pages may implement a restriction to stop visitors from
right-clicking on the web page. The source may still be viewed by clicking
the main "View" menu, then "Source". Not trying to right-click. Using
View>Source in the menu bar. In addition, one of the web sites I've tried
viewing the source on is my own and I don't have any such scripts loaded.
 
NOPE No notepad shortcut. But thanks for trying.

Don Varnau said:
Don,
If you have a shortcut to notepad.exe on the desktop, rename it.

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

"Don I" <don.newsgroups[at]n0spam.donireland.com> wrote in message
OK one of the things suggested at that link is to make sure it has the
path
to the correct editor in the registry. I went and looked--not only was
the
correct path not listed, but the key wasn't even there. I added it as
directed and it still won't work. And I just noticed in IE that the
"Edit"
icon is greyed out.

The following is from the web page and my responses to each item are in
red.
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers2.htm#view_source
[SNIP]
Click to expand...
 
Thanks. I'll try it tonight. When I get home.
Jon Kennedy said:
Go here: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm - line 183 on the
left column. Download the .reg file to your desktop. If you want to see
what it'll do to your registry, right click and choose Edit. Then right
click and choose Merge. HTH. If no joy, try the little program on line
183, right column. This is a trusted site, done by a fellow MS MVP.

--

Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC, USA
(e-mail address removed)

OK one of the things suggested at that link is to make sure it has the
path to the correct editor in the registry. I went and looked--not only
was the correct path not listed, but the key wasn't even there. I added
it as directed and it still won't work. And I just noticed in IE that the
"Edit" icon is greyed out.

The following is from the web page and my responses to each item are in
red.

Temporary Files Full
When the Internet Explorer disk cache becomes full it may stop the View
Source function from working. To resolve, open Internet Explorer and click
"Tools" > "Internet Options" > "Delete Files". I deleted the temp files.

Cookie Folder Location
This issue can also occur if your Cookies folder is located on an NTFS
partition and you do not have at least Change permissions for the Cookies
folder. To resolve, make sure your account has sufficient permissions on
the Cookies folder. I am the administrator and I have full priviledges.
In addition, the other sites I visit use cookies without problems (both
new cookies and existing cookies that get changed).

Missing Notepad.exe
The View Source function uses Notepad to display the HTML, if
"notepad.exe" is missing from the Windows directory then it will not work.
To resolve, ensure a copy of Notepad.exe is in the Windows directory.
Not Missing. It is there.

Incomplete Page Download
If you press the ESC key before the page has completed loading then the
"View Source" menu item may not be displayed. The page has completely
downloaded. This has been happening for a couple of months and it doesn't
matter what the website is.

View Source Restriction
The View Source function may have been restricted by your Administrator.
To resolve, see the "NoViewSource" registry value in Internet Explorer
Restrictions. I visited the link and not only was this restriction not
set, the "Restrictions" key didn't even exist. Here's the registry path
it says to look at.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
Restrictions]

Invalid Temporary Directory
You may also receive this error if the path specified for the TMP
environment variable is invalid. To resolve, make sure that the TEMP
directory is a valid directory and that there is sufficient space on the
drive. This directory is there and has one file (I just got through
deleting temp files).

Invalid View Source Program
If you have specified an alternate program to view the source code (see
Use an Alternate Source Viewer with Internet Explorer). To resolve, make
sure that the alternate viewer is valid and operational. I visited the
link and the results are listed above. Here's the Registry Path it says
to look at. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
View Source Editor\Editor Name] The "View Source Editor" key or any
sub-keys don't even exist. I added this full path and it didn't work.

Right-click disabled by Web Page
Some web pages may implement a restriction to stop visitors from
right-clicking on the web page. The source may still be viewed by clicking
the main "View" menu, then "Source". Not trying to right-click. Using
View>Source in the menu bar. In addition, one of the web sites I've tried
viewing the source on is my own and I don't have any such scripts loaded.
Click to expand...
 
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Posted by Four-Star on February 02, 19100 at 01:29:05

Previous Message: FAST EASY MONEY posted by STACY

: $347,000.00 in 5 month!!
: I MADE JUST THAT! Don't believe it? Then stop reading, otherwise go on!!
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:So listen up
: I came across an article that
: said you could make thousands of dollars within weeks with only an initial
: investment of $6.00! Well, I thought, "Yeah, right, this must be a scam, how
: stupid can one be to fall for that?" But I was curious, so I kept reading.
I AM
: GLAD I DID. Anyway, it said that you send $1.00 to each of the 6 names and
: address stated in the article. You then place your own name and address in
the
: bottom of the list at #6, and post the article in at least 200 newsgroups.
No
: catch, that was it. The main difference between this system and others is
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: have a mailing list of 6 instead of 5... This means that your average gain
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It's
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: Let me tell you how this works and also, make sure you print a copy of this
: article NOW, so you can get the information off of it as you need it. The
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: is very simple and consists of 3 easy steps. You may wonder why I tell you
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: It's only possible with your desire to become wealthy too. So go for it!
This
: system REALLY works. It worked for me so far!!
: Here are the steps:
: STEP 1: Get 6 separate pieces of paper and write the following on each
piece of
: paper "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST." Now get 6 US$1.00
: bills (or equivalent in your local currency) and place ONE inside EACH of
the 6
: pieces of paper so the bill will not be seen through the envelope to prevent
: thievery. Next, place one paper in each of the 6 envelopes and seal them.
You
: should now have 6 sealed envelopes, each with a piece of paper stating the
: above phrase, your name and address, and a $1.00 bill. What you are doing is
: creating a service by this.
: THIS IS ABSOLUTELY LEGAL!
: Mail the 6 envelopes to the following addresses:

: #1 B. Thatcher
: 9421 Carter
: Shawnee Mission, KS 66212
: #2 C. Watts
: 1237 Sumner Ave. Apt. E-3
: N. Charleston, S.C. 29406
: #3 C. Maruszczak
: 525 Glenmore rd. north
: Kelowna B.C.
: Canada v1v2c7
: #4 E. Hur
: 68 Beech Street
: Belmont, MA 02178
: USA
: #5 Billy Tavarez
: 4615 Versailles
: Midland, TX 79703
: USA
: #6 Tom T
: 6941 Hazeltine Ave #9
: Van Nuys Ca, 91405

: STEP 2: Now take the #1 name off the list that you see above, move the other
: names up (6 becomes 5, 5 becomes 4, etc...) and add YOUR Name as number
: 6 on the list.
: STEP 3: Change anything you need to. Now, post your amended article to at
: least 200 newsgroups. (There is a bunch out there). All you need is 200, but
: remember, the more you post, the more money you make! Don't know HOW to
: post in the newsgroups? Well do exactly the following:
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: DIRECTIONS - HOW TO POST TO NEWSGROUPS
: -----------------------------------------------------------
: Step 1. You do not need to re-type this entire letter to do your own
posting.
: Simply put your cursor at the beginning of this letter and click and hold
down
: your mouse button. While continuing to hold down the mouse button, drag your
: cursor to the bottom of this document and over to just after the last
character,
: and release the mouse button. At this point the entire letter should be
highlighted.
: Then, from the 'edit' pull down menu at the top of your screen select
'copy'. This
: will copy the entire letter into the computers memory.
: Step 2. Open a blank 'notepad' file and place your cursor at the top of
the blank
: page. From the 'edit' pull down menu select 'paste'. This will paste a
copy of the
: letter into notepad so that you can add your name to the list. Remember to
: eliminate the #1 position, move everyone up a spot (re-number everyone
else's
: positions), and add yourself in as #6.
: Step 3. Save your new notepad file as a .txt file. If you want to do your
postings
: in different sittings, you'll always have this file to go back to.
: ----------------------------------------
: FOR NETSCAPE USERS:
: ----------------------------------------
: Step 4. Within the Netscape program, go to the pull down window entitled
: 'Window' select 'NetscapeNews'. Then from the pull down menu 'Options',
: select 'Show all Newsgroups'. After a few moments a list of all the
newsgroups
: on your server will show up. Click on any newsgroup you desire. From within
: this newsgroup, click on the 'TO NEWS' button, which should be in the top
left
: corner of the newsgroups page. This will bring up a message box.
: Step 5. Fill in the Subject. This will be the header that everyone sees as
they
: scroll through the list of postings in a particular group.
: Step 6. Highlight the entire contents of your .txt file and copy them
using the
: same technique as before. Go back to the newsgroup 'TO NEWS' posting you
: are creating and paste the letter into the body of your posting.
: Step 7. Hit the 'Send' Button in the upper left orner. You're done with
your first
: one! Congratulations...
: --------------------------------------------------
: INTERNET EXPLORER USERS:
: --------------------------------------------------
: Step 4. Go to newsgroups and select 'Post an Article'.
: Step 5. Fill in the subject.
: Step 6. Same as #6 above
: Step 7. Hit the 'Post' button.
: -------------------------------------------
: THAT'S IT! All you have to do is jump to different newsgroups and post away,
: after you get the hang of it, it will take about 30 seconds for each
newsgroup!
: **REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE
: MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!! BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A
: MINIMUM OF 200**
: That's it! You will begin receiving money from around the world within
day's!
: You may eventually want to rent a P.O. Box due to the large amount of mail
you
: receive. If you wish to stay anonymous, you can invent a name to use, as
long as
: the postman will deliver it.
: **JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT.**
: Now the WHY part: Out of 200 postings, say I receive only 5 replies (a very
: low example). So then I made $5.00 with my name at #6 on the letter. Now,
: each of the 5 persons who just sent me $1.00 make the MINIMUM 200
: postings, each with my name at #5 and only 5 persons respond to each of the
: original 5, that is another $25.00 for me, now those 25 each make 200
: MINIMUM posts with my name at #4 and only 5 replies each, I will bring in an
: additional $125.00! Now, those 125 persons turn around and post the
: MINIMUM 200 with my name at #3 and only receive 5 replies each, I will
: make an additional $626.00! OK, now here is the fun part, each of those 625
: persons post a MINIMUM 200 letters with my name at #2 and they each only
: receive 5 replies, that just made me $3,125.00!!! Those 3,125 persons will
all
: deliver this message to 200 newsgroups with my name at #1 and if still 5
persons
: per 200 newsgroups react I will receive $15,625,00! With a original
investment
: of only $6.00! AMAZING! And as I said 5 responses is actually VERY LOW!
: Average is probable 20 to 30! So lets put those figures at just 15
responses per
: person. Here is what you
: will make:
: at #6 $15.00
: at #5 $225.00
: at #4 $3,375.00
: at #3 $50,625.00
: at #2 $759,375.00
: at #1 $11,390,625.00
: When your name is no longer on the list, you just take the latest posting
in the
: newsgroups, and send out another $6.00 to names on the list, putting your
name
: at number 6 again( That's what I am doing), and start posting again. The
thing to
: remember is, do you realize that thousands of people all over the world are
: joining the internet and reading these articles everyday, JUST LIKE YOU
are now!!
: So can you afford $6.00 and see if it really works?? I think so... People
: have said, "what if the plan is played out and no one sends you the
: money? So what! What are the chances of that happening when there are
: tons of new honest users and new honest people who are joining the
: internet and newsgroups everyday and are willing to give it a try?
: Estimates are at 20,000 to 50,000 new users, every day, with thousands
: of those joining the actual internet. Remember, play FAIRLY and
: HONESTLY and this will work. You just have to be honest.
: Make sure you print this article out RIGHT NOW, also. Try to keep a
: list of everyone that sends you money and always keep an eye on the
: newsgroups to make sure everyone is playing fairly. Remember,
: HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. You don't need to cheat the basic idea to make
the
: money!!
: GOOD LUCK to all and please play fairly and reap the huge rewards
: from this, which is tons of extra CASH.
: **BY THE WAY, if you try to deceive people by posting the messages
: with your name in the list and not sending the money to the rest of the
: people already on the list, you will NOT get as much. Someone I talked
: to knew someone who did that and he only made about $150.00, and
: that's after seven or eight weeks! Then he sent the 6 $1.00 bills, people
: added him to their lists, and in 4-5 weeks he had over $10k. This is the
: fairest and most honest way I have ever seen to share the wealth of the
: world without costing anything but our time!!! You also may want to buy
: mailing and e-mail lists for future dollars. Please remember to declare
: your extra income. Thanks once again...
: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
 
I finally tried it last night (I ended up leaving for a trip to Ohio after
work instead of trying this). Still no joy :(

The weird thing is that if I goto WinExplorer and browse to an HTML file, I
can right click on it and click "Edit". It brings up WordPad (which I
assigned within the last few weeks--but View>Source hasn't worked for
MONTHS). So it's NOT like there isn't a default HTML editor.

Don I said:
Thanks. I'll try it tonight. When I get home.
Jon Kennedy said:
Go here: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm - line 183 on the
left column. Download the .reg file to your desktop. If you want to see
what it'll do to your registry, right click and choose Edit. Then right
click and choose Merge. HTH. If no joy, try the little program on line
183, right column. This is a trusted site, done by a fellow MS MVP.

--

Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC, USA
(e-mail address removed)

OK one of the things suggested at that link is to make sure it has the
path to the correct editor in the registry. I went and looked--not only
was the correct path not listed, but the key wasn't even there. I added
it as directed and it still won't work. And I just noticed in IE that
the "Edit" icon is greyed out.

The following is from the web page and my responses to each item are in
red.

Temporary Files Full
When the Internet Explorer disk cache becomes full it may stop the View
Source function from working. To resolve, open Internet Explorer and
click "Tools" > "Internet Options" > "Delete Files". I deleted the temp
files.

Cookie Folder Location
This issue can also occur if your Cookies folder is located on an NTFS
partition and you do not have at least Change permissions for the Cookies
folder. To resolve, make sure your account has sufficient permissions on
the Cookies folder. I am the administrator and I have full priviledges.
In addition, the other sites I visit use cookies without problems (both
new cookies and existing cookies that get changed).

Missing Notepad.exe
The View Source function uses Notepad to display the HTML, if
"notepad.exe" is missing from the Windows directory then it will not
work. To resolve, ensure a copy of Notepad.exe is in the Windows
directory. Not Missing. It is there.

Incomplete Page Download
If you press the ESC key before the page has completed loading then the
"View Source" menu item may not be displayed. The page has completely
downloaded. This has been happening for a couple of months and it
doesn't matter what the website is.

View Source Restriction
The View Source function may have been restricted by your Administrator.
To resolve, see the "NoViewSource" registry value in Internet Explorer
Restrictions. I visited the link and not only was this restriction not
set, the "Restrictions" key didn't even exist. Here's the registry path
it says to look at.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
Restrictions]

Invalid Temporary Directory
You may also receive this error if the path specified for the TMP
environment variable is invalid. To resolve, make sure that the TEMP
directory is a valid directory and that there is sufficient space on the
drive. This directory is there and has one file (I just got through
deleting temp files).

Invalid View Source Program
If you have specified an alternate program to view the source code (see
Use an Alternate Source Viewer with Internet Explorer). To resolve, make
sure that the alternate viewer is valid and operational. I visited the
link and the results are listed above. Here's the Registry Path it says
to look at. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\
View Source Editor\Editor Name] The "View Source Editor" key or any
sub-keys don't even exist. I added this full path and it didn't work.

Right-click disabled by Web Page
Some web pages may implement a restriction to stop visitors from
right-clicking on the web page. The source may still be viewed by
clicking the main "View" menu, then "Source". Not trying to
right-click. Using View>Source in the menu bar. In addition, one of the
web sites I've tried viewing the source on is my own and I don't have any
such scripts loaded.
Click to expand...
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