Can only save jpg's as bmp's

[pda]

I can't save jpg's as jpg's, but only as bmp's. One out of 20 will save as jpg. I thought it was IE 5, but upgraded to IE 5.5 with no luck. Running Windows NT 4.

Any ideas??

Thanks

[fredwest]

Hi pda,
Welcome to PcMech!

First off have you M$ Photo Editor (or similar software) installed? Where are you saving the jpegs from? Are these images actually jpegs in the first place?

Can you supply more info?


Yours

Declan (aka fredwest)

[Gintaras]

Fred,
On the Net all[at least most] graphics are either .jpeg or .gif. I don't think there are .bmp files on any pages.

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[fredwest]

Hi Gintaras,
You're right there on the Net thing. But why can't pda save the jpegs as jpegs....and where and how is pda getting and saving these images? It seems very weird...

pda, can you save gifs as gifs??


Yours

Declan (aka fredwest)

[pda]

No, gifs save as bmp's. You're correct there aren't many, if any BMP's on the internet. I use ACDC as an image viewer. I think it is boiling down to an association problem, but I still don't understand how one or two will save perfectly as a jpeg and the others won't.

perhaps the ACDC file is corrupt. I will reload it tomorrow and see if that helps.

Thanks for the infor and interest.

[ooikh]

I'm having the same problem as PDA. I realised that I only got this problem after I upgraded to Win ME.

Even though the file is jpg, I can only save as BMP. I'm just saving my files to my C: drive.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks.

[Statica]

Does this address the issue:
From Micro$oft "Knowledge"base

[Linda]

I have a 2 month old Dell system with Windows ME. Until last week I could grab jpg off web page in jpg format, now it only lets me save as a .bmp. Have also had problem playing real audio .ram files on some pages. Reloaded IE 5.5, still having the problem. Any ideas?

[mairving]

You might try increasing your Temporary Internet Files cache size. IE appears to save pictures to cache in original format, but convert them in memory to bmp format. If the cache is full or corrupt, you cannot save as anything but the bmp format that is in memory.

You could also try clearing your cache.

[Linda]

I went and deleted all the temporary files in cache like you recommended and IT WORKED!!!!! If you were here I'd give you a big kiss for solving my dilemma!!! Thank you!!!

[mairving]

No kiss needed. Glad to help.