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Error message: This Web page could not be saved

Article ID:235589
Last Review:January 24, 2007
Revision:4.2
This article was previously published under Q235589

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to save a Web page using the Web Page, complete (*.htm;*.html) or Web Archive, single file (*.mht) options in Internet Explorer, you may receive the follow error message:
Error Saving Web Page.

This Web page could not be saved.

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CAUSE

This problem can occur when you attempt to save a Web page created using Excel 2000 or Excel 2003. This problem can occur for any of the following reasons:
The Web page contains code that Internet Explorer cannot save in the selected format. For example, Msn.com cannot be saved using the Web archive, single file format and Excel 2000 or Excel 2003 workbooks that contain multiple worksheets in HTML format cannot be saved using the Web Page, complete or Web Archive, single file format.
You select the Web archive, single file format and have insufficient disk space to save the file.

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RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, save the Web page in Internet Explorer using a different Save as format. If you are attempting to save an Excel 2000 workbook that contains multiple worksheets in an HTML format, open, and then save the HTML document using Excel 2000 or Excel 2003.

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION

For more information about these two new ways to save Web pages that include embedded components, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
221787 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221787/) New features in Internet Explorer 5

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APPLIES TO
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, when used with:
  Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
  Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
  Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
  Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
  Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
  Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
  Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
  Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition

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