Cannot View Source in Internet Explorer
ID: Q154168
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows 95
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Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows 3.1
SYMPTOMS
When you click the View Source command in Internet Explorer (on the View
menu, click Source), the source for the current page is not displayed, and
there is no error message.
CAUSE
This behavior may occur if Notepad is not installed. The View Source
command uses Notepad.exe to display a source file.
RESOLUTION
Extract or expand the Notepad.exe file from your original Windows disks or
CD-ROM to the Windows folder.
The Notepad.exe file is located on:
Windows version Media Location
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Windows 3.1 3.5-inch and 5.25-inch disks disk 3
Windows 3.11 3.5-inch disk disk 4
Windows 3.11 5.25-inch disk disk 5
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 3.5-inch disk disk 6
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 5.25-inch disk disk 5
Windows 95 3.5-inch disk disk 3
Windows 95 CD-ROM Win95_02.cab
Expanding or Extracting the Notepad.exe File
Use the method appropriate for your operating system.
Windows 3.1 and 3.11 or Windows for Workgroups:
- At the MS-DOS prompt, type the following line
cd \<windows>
where <windows> is the name of the folder in which Windows is
installed.
- Insert the appropriate disk in the floppy drive.
- Type the following line
expand <source>:\notepad.ex_ notepad.exe
where <source> is the drive letter of the floppy disk drive containing
the Windows disk.
Windows 95:
Use the method appropriate for the media on which you have Windows 95.
Extracting Notepad.exe from the Windows 95 CD-ROM:
- Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
- Type cd\, and then press ENTER.
- Insert the Windows 95 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then close the
Windows 95 screen if it appears.
- Type the following line at the command prompt, and then press ENTER
extract /a <drive>:\win95\win95_02.cab notepad.exe /l c:\<windows>
where <drive> is the drive letter assigned to your CD-ROM drive, and
where <windows> is the name of the folder in which Windows is
installed.
- Type exit, and then press ENTER to return to
windows.
Extracting Notepad.exe from the Windows 95 Floppy Disks:
- Click Start, point to Programs, and then click MS-DOS Prompt.
- Type cd\, and then press ENTER.
- Insert disk 3 of the Windows 95 disks into the floppy disk drive.
- Type the following line at the command prompt, and then press ENTER
extract /a <drive>:\Win95_03.cab notepad.exe /l c:\<windows>
where <drive> is the drive letter assigned to the floppy disk drive the
Windows 95 floppy disk is located in, and where <windows> is the name of
the folder in which Windows is installed.
- Type exit, and then press ENTER to return to
windows.
For more information about using the Extract tool, click the Start button,
point to Programs, click MS-DOS prompt, type extract, and then press ENTER. Or, see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q129605 How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files
MORE INFORMATION
Note that the behavior described in this article may also occur if you are
using Novell NetWare and the NetWare drive mappings overwrite the path.
When this occurs, you may receive no error message, or you may receive an
error message similar to:
Cannot find the C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Cache3\<file>.htm
file. Do you want to create a new one?
Clicking OK opens a blank instance of Notepad.
To work around this behavior, copy the Notepad.exe file to the folder
containing Internet Explorer.
NetWare is manufactured by Novell, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we
make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's
performance or reliability.
Additional query words:
2.00 2.01 3.00 4.00
Keywords : msiew95 msiew31
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
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