Notepad freezes when viewing source in IE8

Clicking View/Source opens up notepad and it displays the source code, but when I try to scroll it ignores the mouse.

If I click on the window I get the Not Responding message at the top and have to shut it down.

It used to work ok.

 

Since I can't scroll I can't see how many lines, but I would think a few hundred at most.

 

I don't really know what you are asking. I'm trying to read the html etc of any given page.

It happens on any site.

That's all very well Tony, and I don't doubt that it would work, but since the View/Source function is built in I really want to use that.

 

Internet Options > Programs > doesn't have View Source, it has HTML editor which I presume is the same thing.
Anyway, the asociated window was blank. The drop down offered only Notepad, so I clicked on that.
No difference I'm afraid. View > Source still behaves the same.

Internet Options > Programs > HTML editor still shows Notepad, but the drop down still has no other option, not even blank.

I checked the registry entry and the value is as it should be.

 

Ok, thank you Arie.

I did that. The default was selected but I changed it to Notepad.

That worked fine. I changed it back to default and it doesn't work.

(I hadn't really noticed that Notepad wasn't the default reader.)

 

Hi Syncopator,

I wonder if the reg patches offered by the following site will help you. You are going to have to scroll to the dialogue offering the patches:
viewsrc_ie8.zip and viewsrc-default.reg

Found under the heading or description "Method 2 manual fix ": (read carefully) As always, "practice safe reg-editing ". Back up either the reg hkeys involved or the registry before editing.

Here's the link:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/default-view-source-editor-changed-in-ie8/

The link below had at least one instance of registry not retaining the setting. This was the problem and solution for that: ( reg patches will take care of this snafu also)
http://www.wiredprairie.us/blog/index.php/archives/741

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I know this is what Arie and others have suggested but rather then having to rely on yourself to do this, without error, or to take the fear of the process of editing the registry, for other members, I have made a pain in the butt of myself by posting a redundant thread. Always looking for a way to take some of the sting out of a process or fix, this is not the first time nor the last.

 

Yes.

1. I prefer the one in Developer Tools so I'm reluctant to give up on trying to get it working properly again.

2. I've done that. I uninstalled it, cleaned the registry with JV16's registry cleaner. Downloaded a fresh copy of IE8 using Firefox, and installed it. It downloaded updates automatically.

The source viewer still locks after trying to scroll.

 

I have swapped those two registry entries back and forth a couple of times, but the default one still doesn't scroll, and locks (displays the Not Responding message) when I click in the window.

 

1. Deleted them all without success.

2. The problem still exists with all disabled.