IE7 and PNG's

[toe_cutter]

Hi!

Ive got the problem that when i open a link to a .png picture, IE7 wants to download the image with the File Download dialog (regular file download dialog) and not simply loading it in the tab/window.

Now i know other people has had this same problem, be it jpg/gif/bmp. But for the love of my life, i cant find anything about it on google! I dont know if im searching it wrongly or what!

And this is not the problem of getting a red X on a webpage. Neither is it anything about transparency. As google thinks thats what im searching for.

My eyes are bleeding, ive been trying to figure this out for the last 2 hours (3am currently).

When i click Open in the File Download dialog it opens the png with ACDSee 2. Im not sure if that has anything to do with it as jpg/bmp opens there too if clicked in MyComputer.

Any ideas or links to google pages?

I tried searching the boards too, but nothing :/

Thanks!

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

maybe this would Help? (though the comments arent encouraging)

http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/202/...t-Explorer.html

contents of the vistafix:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;PNG file association fix for Windows Vista
;Created on May 17, 2007 by Ramesh Srinivasan

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png]
@="pngfile"
"Content Type"="image/png"
"PerceivedType"="image"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.png\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile]
@="PNG Image"
"EditFlags"=dword:00010000
"FriendlyTypeName"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,\
  00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,\
  32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,\
  00,2c,00,2d,00,33,00,30,00,35,00,39,00,38,00,00,00
"ImageOptionFlags"=dword:00000003

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\CLSID]
@="{25336920-03F9-11cf-8FD0-00AA00686F13}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\DefaultIcon]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,69,00,6d,00,\
  61,00,67,00,65,00,72,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,38,\
  00,33,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell\open]
"MuiVerb"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,\
  69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,\
  00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f,00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,47,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,00,65,00,\
  72,00,79,00,5c,00,70,00,68,00,6f,00,74,00,6f,00,76,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,\
  00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,33,00,30,00,34,00,33,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell\open\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
  00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,75,00,\
  6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,20,00,22,00,25,\
  00,50,00,72,00,6f,00,67,00,72,00,61,00,6d,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,\
  25,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,20,00,50,00,68,00,6f,\
  00,74,00,6f,00,20,00,47,00,61,00,6c,00,6c,00,65,00,72,00,79,00,5c,00,50,00,\
  68,00,6f,00,74,00,6f,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,\
  00,6c,00,22,00,2c,00,20,00,49,00,6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,\
  77,00,5f,00,46,00,75,00,6c,00,6c,00,73,00,63,00,72,00,65,00,65,00,6e,00,20,\
  00,25,00,31,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell\open\DropTarget]
"Clsid"="{FFE2A43C-56B9-4bf5-9A79-CC6D4285608A}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell\printto]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell\printto\command]
@=hex(2):22,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
  00,25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,72,00,\
  75,00,6e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,22,00,20,\
  00,22,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,\
  25,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,73,00,68,\
  00,69,00,6d,00,67,00,76,00,77,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,22,00,2c,00,49,00,\
  6d,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,56,00,69,00,65,00,77,00,5f,00,50,00,72,00,69,00,6e,\
  00,74,00,54,00,6f,00,20,00,2f,00,70,00,74,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,31,00,22,00,\
  20,00,22,00,25,00,32,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,00,33,00,22,00,20,00,22,00,25,\
  00,34,00,22,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shellex]

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MIME\Database\Content Type\image/x-png]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MIME\Database\Content Type\image/x-png]
"Extension"=".png"
"Image Filter CLSID"="{A3CCEDF7-2DE2-11D0-86F4-00A0C913F750}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MIME\Database\Content Type\image/x-png\Bits]
"0"=hex:08,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,89,50,4e,47,0d,0a,1a,0a

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MIME\Database\Content Type\image/png]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MIME\Database\Content Type\image/png]
"Extension"=".png"
"Image Filter CLSID"="{A3CCEDF7-2DE2-11D0-86F4-00A0C913F750}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\MIME\Database\Content Type\image/png\Bits]
"0"=hex:08,00,00,00,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,ff,89,50,4e,47,0d,0a,1a,0a

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A3CCEDF7-2DE2-11D0-86F4-00A0C913F750}]
@="CoPNGFilter Class"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A3CCEDF7-2DE2-11D0-86F4-00A0C913F750}\InprocServer32]
@="C:\\Windows\\system32\\pngfilt.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Both"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{A3CCEDF7-2DE2-11D0-86F4-00A0C913F750}\ProgID]
@="PNGFilter.CoPNGFilter.1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PNGFilter.CoPNGFilter.1]
@="CoPNGFilter Class"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PNGFilter.CoPNGFilter.1\CLSID]
@="{A3CCEDF7-2DE2-11D0-86F4-00A0C913F750}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PNGFilter.CoPNGFilter]
@="CoPNGFilter Class"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PNGFilter.CoPNGFilter\CLSID]
@="{A3CCEDF7-2DE2-11D0-86F4-00A0C913F750}"

if you get the same permissions errors as the commenters do, try using 'run as administrator' on regedit.exe and importing the .reg with File->Import

EDIT- if this occurs only on one site its a problem with the sites mime type config and not your browser.