Windows 7 right-click options have changed but why ?

[DB83]

Some days ago I created a thread, subsequently move here, about my 'problems' with Photoshop CS2. And with the kind, prompt, assistance I solved that issue.

Now for some reasons I needed to back to source. And the original webpage source allowed me to right-click on the page and download as .png the images that I would use but without any navigation overlays. In fact a 'clean' image. Now I do not know what happened. Yet somehow I saw a Win7 ap that presented itself as a series of animated images of various Win 7 utilities. Now, after the fact, I guess I should have screen-grabbed something but I simply closed that. After that, I can no longer download any screen image as .png and the right-click just presents a more 'typical' selection.


Now I hardly think that the original source changed their page given the time-of-day that these changes took place. Yet when i re-invoke the source I still get the latter experience.


Now if someone thinks he/she can see the source as I originally saw it I will gladly share it via PM but my gut feeling is that Win7 reconfigured itself and reloads/reboots as that.

[october262]

Some days ago I created a thread, subsequently move here, about my 'problems' with Photoshop CS2. And with the kind, prompt, assistance I solved that issue.

Now for some reasons I needed to back to source. And the original webpage source allowed me to right-click on the page and download as .png the images that I would use but without any navigation overlays. In fact a 'clean' image. Now I do not know what happened. Yet somehow I saw a Win7 ap that presented itself as a series of animated images of various Win 7 utilities. Now, after the fact, I guess I should have screen-grabbed something but I simply closed that. After that, I can no longer download any screen image as .png and the right-click just presents a more 'typical' selection.


Now I hardly think that the original source changed their page given the time-of-day that these changes took place. Yet when i re-invoke the source I still get the latter experience.


Now if someone thinks he/she can see the source as I originally saw it I will gladly share it via PM but my gut feeling is that Win7 reconfigured itself and reloads/reboots as that.

try this - Right click on .png file of the picture and select Open With and click Change Default program.

b. Now select the Windows Photo Viewer in the list.

c. Now put a check mar for “Always use a selected program to open this kind of file”.

more info - https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/error-when-trying-to-view-png-fi...0-a5201ebb10d8

[DB83]

Thnx. But the only options I currently have are in this partial screen grab.

[october262]

Thnx. But the only options I currently have are in this partial screen grab.

the only way that i can get that function to work is to install this extension - https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/save-image-as-png/nkokmeaibnajheohncaamjggkanfbphi?hl=en in chrome or edge (installed in edge and does work) and yes edge is available for windows 7

[DB83]

That's good to know. Even if it worked in Chrome before and without the extension.

And I can also get it to work in Firefox.

[DB83]

I installed that extension but it does not work for this particular site. I must thus assume that the site was reconfigured so does no longer perform with the older version(s) of Chrome with Win7 (and, no, I have no desire to upgrade my OS)

Now here's a bummer. I run my own website which has many images I use by permission (I have no intention to use any of the images I create from this source but merely to glean updated info not available from earlier sources). I went to the trouble to disable right-click/save on all these images (unless I took them myself) but this extension, and I guess others, defeats this process.

[october262]

I installed that extension but it does not work for this particular site. I must thus assume that the site was reconfigured so does no longer perform with the older version(s) of Chrome with Win7 (and, no, I have no desire to upgrade my OS)

Now here's a bummer. I run my own website which has many images I use by permission (I have no intention to use any of the images I create from this source but merely to glean updated info not available from earlier sources). I went to the trouble to disable right-click/save on all these images (unless I took them myself) but this extension, and I guess others, defeats this process.

found another way !! use the built in snipping tool in windows 7.

[thecoalman]

Image is being set as background using CSS, there is an overlay element using CSS or both. Choose inspect and you'll find it in the HTML or CSS.

I went to the trouble to disable right-click/save

Whether you are using JS or the methods I described above if someone is determined they will get the files. The background and overlay methods may be a little bit more difficult because most people would not know what to search for.

[DB83]

I installed that extension but it does not work for this particular site. I must thus assume that the site was reconfigured so does no longer perform with the older version(s) of Chrome with Win7 (and, no, I have no desire to upgrade my OS)

Now here's a bummer. I run my own website which has many images I use by permission (I have no intention to use any of the images I create from this source but merely to glean updated info not available from earlier sources). I went to the trouble to disable right-click/save on all these images (unless I took them myself) but this extension, and I guess others, defeats this process.

found another way !! use the built in snipping tool in windows 7.

Yes. That works and I do have a program called IPS which does something similar in full-screen mode plus automatic saving to a designated folder.