"Save picture as" does not save image with correct extension

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I have tried the solutions from the Microsoft site regarding this to no
avail. Any other suggestions? All was working fine until recently, no new
hardware or software installed. Running XP Home SP2, IE 6 XPSP2.
 
You didn't specify, so I assume you have tried clearing the Temporary
Internet Files or browser cache.

If previous efforts have not worked, you may have a corrupted "index.dat"
file
in the "Temporary Internet Files" folder in your profile. Here is my fix.

If you have enabled to "make your folders private", you need to shut this
off.
*Rightclick Start button | click Explore
*Rightclick your Username in "Documents and Settings" folder | Go to
"Sharing...."
*UNCHECK - "Make this folder private"
*Be sure there is another User Account set up on the machine as
Administrator.

Now:
*Log off your User account and Log on to the system with a different User
Account that has administrative privileges. (or use hidden Administrator
from Safe Mode)
*Rightclick Start button | Explore
*Expand your own User account to: \Documents and
Settings\your_user_name\Local Settings
*Delete the "Temporary Internet Files" folder. If Windows complains that
it's a system folder - go ahead and delete - Windows will build a brand new
folder when you log back in.

Assuming this works, you may want to check out a little program called
CacheSentry http://www.enigmaticsoftware.com/
This will keep the index.dat file from corruption, among other things.
 
Thanks jopa, that did the trick,,, I really appreciate your help,, happy
holidays to you and yours!!
Bill
 
billtin59 said:
I have tried the solutions from the Microsoft site regarding this to
no avail. Any other suggestions? All was working fine until recently,
no new hardware or software installed. Running XP Home SP2, IE 6
XPSP2.
Click to expand...

That happens when the Temporary Internet Files are too full. In IE click
Tools | Internet Options. Click Delete Files in the Temporary Internet
files section of the General tab. On the next window place a check mark in
the box to Delete all offline content.

If that doesn't fix it, go to Tools | Internet Options | Advanced and scroll
down to the Security section. Uncheck "Do not save encrypted pages to
disk".

If that still doesn't work, save the part between the lines below as bmp.reg
and then double click it.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp]
@="Paint.Picture"
"PerceivedType"="image"
"Content Type"="image/bmp"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\OpenWithList\MSPaint.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\OpenWithProgids]
"Paint.Picture"=hex(0):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bmp\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note the blank line at the end.

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