Plummie

Ok, so I find an image I want to keep and I "right-click, save as" but now my computer is automatically saving all .gif or .jpg files as bitmaps to My Pictures directory!

Why is it doing this all of a sudden?

What settings need to be adjusted so it will preserve the original file type without converting to .bmp every time (because they are huge!).

Thanks for your help.

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Kim

gorillabiscuit

I used to have this problem on my windows 2000 machine. Service Pack 4 and IE6 Service Pack 1 corrected the problem.

/bisc

sixate

If I remember correctly a few other have had this same problem, and I believe the fix was to empty your internet cache.

Ashton

Yes.... your cache needs to be cleared, Tools/Internet Options.... Under 'Temporary Internet Files' click Delete files/OK

I use a cool program called Popupcop....... It kills all the popups and has a history kill that clears all your Cookies, Typed URL's, History, Recent Documents ect....... it also stops dialers from auto downloading when you get redirected, actually it stops all programs from auto downloading..... you have to click yes to allow the download. It's only $20...... and you can try it for 30 days free

http://www.popupcop.com/

notslow

or try norton system works. great program to do all of your cleaning.

Mr.Deflok

Amen.

Mephisto2

You should also check out Proxomitron.

One kick ass utility you won't EVER regret installing. Oh, and it's entirely free.

Mr Mephisto

yournamehere

If cleaning out your cache doesn't work, try right-clicking on the thumbnail and "Save Target As"

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Plummie

Clearing the cache worked! Sweet. Thanks guys!

I wonder why that has anything to do with the way image files are saved...

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