O.T. F.O.A.K. viewing page source

Internet exploder no longer fires up notepad when I select view --> page
souce from the menu. I've an idea it may have beeen somehow disabled by some
code on a page whose author didn't want it to be viewed.

Anyone come across this before and know how it might be fixed?

 

Ah sussed it. rename shortcut to notepad on desktop to something else.

Good old windows.

 

There must be some easy way around IE, but the nerd way is to have CygWin
installed and use wget to get the source of the URL.

Also, the page you're interested in must be in IE's cache, so at the menu go
to [1] Tools | Internet Options | General | Configuration | See files, and
there you are

[1] Translated from Spanish IE.

 

I have a shortcut to Notepad on my desktop (and quick launch bar) and
View -> Source works fine.

 

http://www.mredkj.com/tutorials/tips_ie.html

If there is a shortcut to Notepad on the desktop, delete or rename it to
something other than Notepad.

JR wrote how to reproduce the problem, then solve it:

Open IE, go to any page, view source, works fine.
Now go to Start menu and navigate to "Programs\Accessories", and right-
click
on Notepad, drag it to the desktop, selecting "Copy Here" when you let go.
You should now have a shortcut file named "Notepad" on your desktop.
Go back to IE, view source, and nothing happens.
Go back to desktop and delete or rename the Notepad shortcut.
Go back to IE, view source, and it works again.


* JR and Dave wrote two independent mredkj feedbacks about this solution.
Yet I have not been able to reproduce it myself in the following
combinations: NT/IE 5.5, Win2000/IE 5, and XP/IE 6. There must be other
factors that cause a desktop shortcut to affect view source, such as
Windows/IE patch versions and registry settings.

 

So we're both right? Suits me

 

Hmm, the fix above worked for me, but ta anyway.

 

Maybe it depends on how you create the shortcut. i.e. rightclick on .exe
select create shortcut. Or drag from startmenu.

 

windows has a telnet client bundled free with it; 'nuff said.

 

I could use the telnet client to poll port 80 with a wget command and
redirect the output to a file which I can then open with notepad. However
I do have a life and would rather just click the view source button
really. ;-)

 

Are you sure? I thought you were one of those unixy types?

 

Please do summarise your caricature of a unixy type so we can all have a
laugh. ;-p

 

"unixy type" : someone who has any sort of opinion as to the relative
merits of Linux -v- *BSD.

Oh, and if you've got a pony-tail past the age of about 25, you're
definitely a freak.

 

Sandals and socks.

 

<sheepish>

How about long hair sans pony-tail?

 

*guilty*

 

Heh.

 

First up against the wall when the revolution comes.

Next!

Phil (unix geek sans long hair, sans sandals)

 

You.

 

Merry f*cking Christofireness to you too