Article ID: 195153
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q195153
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
When you attempt to start Microsoft WebTV for Windows, start the Discover
Windows 98 tour, or view a channel on the Channel bar, only Hypertext
Markup Language (HTML) code may be displayed.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you change the content type for the Microsoft
HTML Document 4.0 file type from text/HTML (the default content type) to
text/plain.
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 behavior, use Registry Editor to change the Content
Type string value to a value data of "text/html" (without quotation marks)
in the following registry key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.htm
MORE INFORMATION
If you change the content type for the Microsoft HTML Document 4.0 file
type from text/HTML to text/plain, text/HTML is no longer listed in the
Content Type (MIME) box when you edit the Microsoft HTML Document 4.0 file
type.
Microsoft Internet Explorer displays Web pages correctly if the content
type is set to text/plain.
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