Unable to Use Web Archive Page with Active Desktop

ID: Q221877

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 95
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows NT 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you try to configure your Active Desktop to display a local Web Archive file (.mht), you may receive the following error message:

Action canceled
Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web page you requested. The page might be temporarily unavailable.

CAUSE

This issue can occur because Web Archive functionality is not compatible with Active Desktop.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, save your local Web Archive file as "Web Page, Complete (*.htm, *.html)", and then configure your Active Desktop to display this file.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to configure the Active Desktop, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q171437 How to Configure the Active Desktop

Additional query words: 4.00 5.0 5.00


Keywords          : kbenv kberrmsg msiew95 msient msiew98 
Version           : WINDOWS:5
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 18, 1999