Unable to View Contents After Enabling View as Web Page

ID: Q192337

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IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SYMPTOMS

If you enable the View As Web Page feature in Windows Explorer, you may be unable to view the contents of the window.

CAUSE

This issue can occur if style sheets in Internet Explorer are disabled.

RESOLUTION

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the "Changing Keys And Values" Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) or the "Add and Delete Information in the Registry" and "Edit Registry Data" Help topics in Regedt32.exe. Note that you should back up the registry before you edit it.

To work around this issue, use Registry Editor to enable style sheets. To do this, change the data value of the Use Stylesheets value to Yes in the following registry key: 

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
NOTE: Add the registry key if it does not exist.

Additional query words: webview invisible disappear missing 

Keywords          : kbui msiew95 msient win98 
Version           : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 18, 1999