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IE 5.5 - "File/Save As" problem

Oct 11, 2004 3:10AM PDT

I'm having a peculiar problem with my IE. When I try to "File/Save As" a webpage, the page is apparently being saved as an SHTML file? I need to then edit the filename to filename.html or it will not open in IE by double-clicking. This has been going on for several weeks now.

I used to get a file folder that contained all the images used on the page so I could view the page offline. Now I get none of the images and other stuff, just the core HTML coding.

How do I fix this? Thank you
Michael

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Re: IE 5.5 - "File/Save As" problem
Oct 11, 2004 3:21AM PDT

1. IE 5.5 is very exploitable. Your choice on that, but since I'm seeing far too much spyware and invasive software using IE to invade machines, I must write this.

2. "I see in another message that you are on AOL, so this may or may not be an option.

When you are on a web page you want to save (this one for now as an example) click on the File menu then Save As... and in the dialog box that pops up there should be a text box labeled "Save as type" Click that dropdown arrow and select "Web Archive single file (*.mht)"

When you open that in your browser the graphics will be embedded.

Sounds like you are selecting "Web page HTML only (*.htm, *.html)"

Posted by: Edward O'Daniel Posted on: 01/08/2004 4:34 PM "

See if that helps?

Remember that SPYWARE can invade and break these features.

bob

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Re: IE 5.5 - "File/Save As" problem
Oct 16, 2004 12:35AM PDT

I've scanned my systen using Adaware and Spybot and have found nothing unusual. When I select SAVE AS from the file menu, the only two options I am offered are "save as HTM,HTML" or "save as text". The language option defaults to Western European (ISO).

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Oct 16, 2004 3:40AM PDT