• Browsers and MHTML

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    #2388595

    Belarc Advisor reports are saved in .mhtml format.

    None of the browser on my Windows 10 21H1 can properly open/display the report.
    Default browser for .mhtml is IE which fails (there is no scroll bar…) and the page is stuck.
    Edge (and Chrome) didn fair much better.
    FirefoxESR is “afraid” to open mhtml files and redirects to IE.

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    • #2388647

      Please clarify what you mean by Firefox is “afraid” to open the .mhtml file. Did you try renaming the extension to .html?

      Pale Moon may be able to open that archive format with an extension. (Firefox version 56 may be able to open the file, but probably it is not safe to use for this single purpose.)

    • #2388665

      Please clarify what you mean by Firefox is “afraid” to open the .mhtml file

      As seen in the screenshot FF (91.1.0esr) won’t even try to open the file and sent me to IE, which for all purposes is dead browser replaced by Edge.

      Changing file type to html didn’t change the wrong display with any of the browsers.

    • #2388670

      The created html Belarc Advisor report opens fine for me in Firefox, Firefox 91.1.0esr, Palemoon, Edge, Opera and Internet Explorer (with scroll bar).

      When I uninstall Belarc Advisor and open a report, it has no colours and icons/tabs are just small square clickable boxes.
      When Belarc is reinstalled, a report returns to a ‘normal’ layout.

      • #2388678

        Not for me even in HTML.
        It is just a jumble of unreadable line..with any browser

    • #2388680

      Out of interest, where are you getting the MHTML file from as Belarc creates a HTML file?

      • #2388747

        Belarc report opens with my default browser which is Chrome 94.
        The report is saved in .mhtml (default option).
        Saving as webpage: .html (only) does display correctly.

        The culprit may be Chrome ?

    • #2388711

      Create a virtual environment and install Windows 98 in there. It opens .mhtml fine. Windows 98 is the only last best OS that MS made. All others were terrible.

      • #2388761

        Create a virtual environment and install Windows 98 in there. It opens .mhtml fine. Windows 98 is the only last best OS that MS made. All others were terrible.

        Win98Se was better still..specifically from a, then gamers POV
        [back on topic]
        Alex would your firefox be portable? that in itself may be the issue.
        IE is a dead donkey, the other browsers overprotective with false +’s?
        I’ve never ever, ever needed to use Belarc Advisor since the i386 days

        Windows - commercial by definition and now function...
    • #2388752

      There is no need to re-save the Belarc Advisor Report when it opens in Chrome 94.
      It is already available as a HTML file in the Belarc tmp folder. This where it opens up from in your Browser(s) – even portable Browsers.

    • #2388867

      Hi Alex5723:

      I have an extension called Save Page WE (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/save-page-we/) installed in my default Firefox browser that is currently compatible with Firefox v52 and higher. When I click on the Save Page WE icon in the toolbar it saves any web page displayed in my Firefox browser as a single .HTML file and asks for a location to save the file. This extension comes with several advanced features but I find the default settings almost always save the web page exactly as it is displayed in my Firefox browser, including my Belarc Advisor reports.

      Save-Page-WE-v26_1-Save-as-Single-HTML-File-10-Sep-2021
      ———–
      Dell Inspiron 15 5584 * 64-bit Win 10 Pro v21H1 build 19043.1165 * Firefox v92.0

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    • #2389195

      Thanks. my default Chrome has that build-in as in post #2388747 above.

      The question still remains : Why no current browser support MHTML.

      • #2389204

        The question still remains : Why no current browser support MHTML.

        Out of interest, what do you mean by “no current browser support MHTML”?
        If you mean can open? – I can open MHTML files with the current versions of Internet Explorer, Opera, Google Chrome & Edge.
        These are what I have available amongst others.

    • #2389202

      Unlikely, but perhaps see if there’s a newer version of Belarc once Microsoft have finished with Windows CVE-2021-40444? Alternatively you could add the location for the reports to the trusted zone in IE (start >run>control inetcpl.cpl) but that would be SERIOUSLY risky should anything breach your system. I assume you have applied the settings change to get IE to open as requested, rather than opening Edge (this needs a reboot to enact the change.). The verbose on that is at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-learnmore-neededge

       

    • #2389254

      The question still remains : Why no current browser support MHTML.

      Out of interest, what do you mean by “no current browser support MHTML”?
      If you mean can open? – I can open MHTML files with the current versions of Internet Explorer, Opera, Google Chrome & Edge.
      These are what I have available amongst others.

      I can too “open” mhtml files but they are unreadable.
      Look at the screen print in post #2388678

      • #2389368

        That isn’t a MHTML file – it clearly shows a HTML file extension.

        • #2389403

          Just renamed from mhtml to html in vain of browsers support.
          mhtml displays the same.

    • #2389412

      I suspect you have opened a Belarc HTML file in a Browser that can Save as a > MHTML file.
      Then you are using that saved MHTML file in your example and it appears to show incorrectly in your Browser. In Internet explorer 11, it also appears wrongly with no scroll bar.
      Changing the file extension to .html makes no difference – it still shows corrupted.
      My example below shows a Belarc HTML file saved as a MHTML file in Chrome 94 & opened in Chrome 94 & Internet Explorer 11.
      I have also shown the actual Belarc HTML file that was generated and opened in both Browsers.
      They both show correctly with scroll bars.
      My conclusion is the saved HTML Belarc file becomes corrupted when saved as a MHTLM file as it wasn’t meant to be presented in that format.

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