"Saving a Web Page" Problem

[Monroe]

Been doing this for years with no problem. A few weeks ago I noticed that I could no longer open correctly a web page that I saved about a year ago. I didn't have time to really check it out and decided that the page had not been saved correctly ... although everytime I do save a web page, I will check the saved page to be sure it was saved correctly.

 

Well, today I discovered that my web pages that I have saved recently or over the last few years no longer work. They were working just fine a few weeks ago ... now nothing. So in the last few weeks something has been changed on my setup.

 

I have spent an hour or so searching Google for some answers or tips ... I'm only finding "How to save a web page" nothing on trouble shooting a web page problem.

 

Hoping someone here has some ideas or a solution ... I go to the File tab - Save Page As - Web Page Complete.

 

I've tried saving several web pages today and they are not being saved correctly or like they used to be.

 

thanks ...

Edited January 4, 2016 by monroe

[Tripredacus]

What browser are you using?

[Monroe]

I am using mostly K-Meleon v1.8 and also Pale Moon v25.8.1 (Atom/XP).

 

I don't get a correct web page with either version ... but for years everything worked just fine. All the old web pages that I saved can no longer be opened.

 

I have come across this information and am in the process of downloading all these files into a folder to keep.

 

Windows® XP File Association Fixes

 

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file_assoc.htm

 

I'm wondering if running the HTM/HTML Associations (Restore the default associations for htm/html files) will fix the problem? I will try it after I download all the files to burn to a CD for possible future use.

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Edited January 4, 2016 by monroe

[Tripredacus]

I have webpages I've saved (as complete) from 15 years ago that still work properly. Of course, for websites these days it depends on how it is put together. Some pages will not save everything required to view the page, such as scripts or CSS (or even images) that are stored on other domains.

EDIT: on all my PCs, I've never changed the .html/l file association. As such if I open any of them manually, they open in IE.

[Monroe]

The problem seems to be fixed with running the HTM/HTML Associations (Restore the default associations for htm/html files) and I had to reset K-Meleon as the default browser.

 

The pages look OK ... just as they always have. Not sure what happened but that little file must have repaired something.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Just some additional information ... I have another ThinkPad setup the same ... the web pages also did not work correctly on that computer. I did not apply that HTM/HTML Associations (Restore the default associations for htm/html files) fix. I just made K-Meleon the default browser again and everything worked just fine after doing that.

 

So the little download fix was not really needed but that still seems to be a good little collection of downloads to have around.

 

K-Meleon is always my default browser but somehow that got changed and needed to be set again.

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Edited January 5, 2016 by monroe