Re: Save Picture As.. is saving every jpg with the extension .jpe

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Hi Spencer
Your Reg Edit solution is just what I needed to know, thank you. :)
--
Peter


"Spencer Halil" wrote:

> Hi Jan and thanks for these suggestions.
>
> Unfortunately I have tried all of these already (accept the multiple periods
> one as it doesn't apply) and they had no effect.
>
> In desperation I phoned my work IT dept (even though problem on my own PC)
> and they came up with the answer!! I'll detail it here for any others with
> the same problem -
>
> To resolve this you must edit the Registry. (Start > Run > Regedit)
> Explore to - HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\ContentType\image\jpeg
> In the rght side you will see the 'Extension' value is likely to be .jpe (if
> it isn't then this isn't your solution)
> Double click on the word 'Extension' and change it to .jpg
> Close the Registry Editor and all should be well again!
>
> Thanks for your efforts Jan (and thanks Phil in IT).
>
> "Jan Il" wrote:
>
> > Hi Spencer :-)
> >
> > You don't mention which version of Windows you have, but, try the following
> > and see if it helps:
> >
> > Cannot save target as BMP or JPEG etc
> >
> > Try the information here:
> > http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
> >
> > also......
> >
> > Another possibility is that you have checked Do not save encrypted pages to
> > disk on the Advanced tab of Tools>Internet Options, and the picture is on a
> > page
> > reached by a secure https:// connection.
> >
> > and………
> >
> > 260650 - Internet Explorer Does Not Save Graphics Files in the Proper Format
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;260650
> >
> > Right-Clicking, Selecting 'Save Picture As' Does Not Save Image with Correct
> > Extension
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;250747
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Jan :)
> > MS MVP/Windows - Internet Explorer
> > Smiles are meant to be shared,
> > that's why they're so contagious
> >
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> >
> > > My IE6 and Avant Browser's Save Picture As.. is saving every jpg with the
> > > extension .jpe and rendering all images unusable as the file format is
> > > 'Unkown'. Even if I delete the .jpe extension then save it as a jpg it is
> > > saved as and unknown file format. This has only just started happening
> > > and
> > > doesn't effect Netscape or Firefox and gif's work fine on all. Strangely
> > > enough, if I search for an image in Google the same problem occurs if I
> > > try
> > > to save the search result but if i click the link to go to the source of
> > > the
> > > image then right click to save it doesn't do it and it saves fine!!!??
> > > I have emptied the online and offline Temp Files, I have run a jpe,jpg
> > > associations REG fix (found online after reading another post here). None
> > > of
> > > these things have made a difference. Can anyone help as this is a really
> > > annoying lack of functionality.
> >
> >
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