If you have installed on your computer antivirus program Can scan all files on your computer, as well as each file individually. You can scan any file by right-clicking on the file and selecting the appropriate option to scan the file for viruses.
For example, in this figure it is highlighted file my-file.mht, then you need to right-click on this file and select the option in the file menu "scan with AVG". When you select this option, AVG Antivirus will open and scan the file for viruses.
Sometimes an error may occur as a result incorrect software installation, which may be due to a problem encountered during the installation process. This may interfere with your operating system link your MHT file to the correct application software, influencing the so-called "file extension associations".
Sometimes simple reinstalling Internet Explorer may solve your problem by properly linking MHT with Internet Explorer. In other cases, problems with file associations may result from bad software programming developer and you may need to contact the developer for further assistance.
Advice: Try updating Internet Explorer to the latest version to ensure you have the latest patches and updates.
This may seem too obvious, but often The MHT file itself may be causing the problem. If you received a file via an email attachment or downloaded it from a website and the download process was interrupted (such as a power outage or other reason), the file may become damaged. If possible, try getting a new copy of the MHT file and try opening it again.
Carefully: A damaged file can cause collateral damage to previous or existing malware on your PC, so it is important to keep your computer up-to-date with an up-to-date antivirus.
If your MHT file related to the hardware on your computer to open the file you may need update device drivers associated with this equipment.
This problem usually associated with media file types, which depend on successfully opening the hardware inside the computer, e.g. sound card or video card. For example, if you are trying to open an audio file but cannot open it, you may need to update sound card drivers.
Advice: If when you try to open an MHT file you receive .SYS file error message, the problem could probably be associated with corrupted or outdated device drivers that need to be updated. This process can be made easier by using driver update software such as DriverDoc.
If the steps do not solve the problem and you are still having problems opening MHT files, this may be due to lack of available system resources. Some versions of MHT files may require a significant amount of resources (e.g. memory/RAM, processing power) to properly open on your computer. This problem is quite common if you are using fairly old computer hardware and at the same time a much newer operating system.
This problem can occur when the computer is having trouble keeping up with a task because the operating system (and other services running in the background) may consume too many resources to open the MHT file. Try closing all applications on your PC before opening MHTML Web Archive. Freeing up all available resources on your computer will provide the best conditions for attempting to open the MHT file.
If you completed all the steps described above and your MHT file still won't open, you may need to run equipment update. In most cases, even when using older versions of hardware, the processing power can still be more than sufficient for most user applications (unless you're doing a lot of CPU-intensive work such as 3D rendering, financial/scientific modeling, or intensive multimedia work). Thus, it is likely that your computer does not have enough memory(commonly called "RAM" or random access memory) to perform the task of opening a file.
In life, we often encounter unknown formats. And of course, a problem immediately arises in opening this document, or rather in finding a program that will open this document with an unknown format. But the funny thing is that often the answer lies before our eyes, and we simply don’t notice, as is the case with the mht format.
In today's article, we will try to learn how to create such files and configure the operating system to view them.
Many users have saved web pages on their computer at least once in their practice. Usually we do it this way: select “Save As” and get ourselves a file with a web page and a folder with images, right? The page itself is in html or htm format, and the folder name at the end contains files.
Saving website pages in this way is not very convenient. Therefore, the mht or mhtml format was created. You can say this is an archive, a web archive in which all the contents of a website page are packaged: styles, text, scripts, images, etc. Very convenient, the page is stored as one file and can easily be sent by mail to friends. Although every day there are fewer and fewer such shipments due to the development of high-speed Internet access.
Let me immediately draw your attention to the fact that unfortunately not all browsers support mht. By default, only Internet Explorer and Opera can save pages in mht format and then open them without difficulty.
In the Opera web browser, press the “Ctrl” and “S” keys simultaneously (analogous to the “Save As” command) and also select “Web archive (single file)” as the file type.
You can open the saved mht file using one of the Opera or Internet Explorer browsers, it all depends on what you have. But many users, as the site administration knows, try to install several browsers on their personal computer at once. There will probably be a difficulty, how to explain to the OS which browser should open mht files? But for this we will now configure the default programs.
Go to the Windows Start menu, select “Control Panel” - “Default Programs”. Click the “Set default programs” link.
There is a lot that can be configured here, but we only need browsers. Select which browser you want to use to open the mht format and click on its name. Let's say, once my favorite Opera. On the right side of the window, indicate the task “Select defaults for this program.”
You will be shown a list of file formats that can be opened by the selected browser. We find the extensions “mht” and “mhtml” among them and mark them with checkboxes. Next, click the “Save” button for the settings to take effect.
Congratulations, from now on, web pages saved in mht format will always open in the selected browser.
What about Firefox?! – users of such a wonderful browser will ask indignantly. Rejoice, Mozilla Firefox can be trained to save files in the mht format and, of course, open them, but you will have to take some measures - install the necessary add-on - UnMHT. You can find it at https://addons.mozilla.org/ru/firefox/addon/unmht/. As soon as you install UnMHT, new “Save as MHT” items will appear in the “File” menu of your web browser, as well as in the context menu of the web page.
The most common problem that prevents users from opening this file is an incorrectly assigned program. To fix this in Windows OS, you need to right-click on the file, in the context menu, hover the mouse over the “Open with” item, and select “Select a program...” from the drop-down menu. As a result you will see a list installed programs on your computer, and you can choose the appropriate one. We also recommend checking the box next to "Use this application for all MHT files."
Another problem that our users also encounter quite often is that the MHT file is corrupted. This situation can arise in many cases. For example: the file was downloaded incompletely as a result of a server error, the file was damaged initially, etc. To resolve this problem, use one of the recommendations:
- Try to find required file in another source on the Internet. You may have luck finding a more suitable version. Example Google search: "File filetype:MHT" . Just replace the word "file" with the name you want;
- Ask them to send you the original file again, it may have been damaged during transmission;
Most common cause The problem with opening the MHT file is simply the lack of appropriate applications installed on your computer. In this case, it is enough to find, download and install an application that serves files in the MHT format - such programs are available below.
Search system
Enter file extension
Help
Clue
Please note that some encoded data from files that our computer does not read can sometimes be viewed in Notepad. In this way we will read fragments of text or numbers - It is worth checking whether this method also works in the case of MHT files.
What to do if the application from the list has already been installed?
Often an installed application should automatically link to the MHT file. If this does not happen, then the MHT file can be successfully linked manually with the newly installed application. Simply right-click on the MHT file, and then from the available list select the "Choose default program" option. Then you need to select the “View” option and find your favorite application. The entered changes must be approved using the "OK" option.
Programs that open the MHT file
Windows
Mac OS
Linux
Why can't I open the MHT file?
Problems with MHT files may also have other causes. Sometimes even installing software on your computer that supports MHT files will not solve the problem. The reason for the inability to open and work with the MHT file may also be:
Inappropriate MHT file associations in registry entries
- corruption of the MHT file that we open
- MHT file infection (viruses)
- too little computer resource
- outdated drivers
- removing the MHT extension from the Windows registry
- incomplete installation of a program that supports the MHT extension
Fixing these issues should result in freely opening and working with MHT files. In case your computer still has problems with files, you need to take the help of an expert who will determine the exact cause.
My computer does not show file extensions, what should I do?
In standard Windows system settings, the computer user does not see the MHT file extension. This can be successfully changed in the settings. Just go to the "Control Panel" and select "View and Personalization". Then you need to go to "Folder Options" and open "View". In the "View" tab there is an option "Hide extensions of known file types" - you must select this option and confirm the operation by clicking the "OK" button. At this point, the extensions of all files, including MHT, should appear sorted by file name.
If you have installed on your computer antivirus program Can scan all files on your computer, as well as each file individually. You can scan any file by right-clicking on the file and selecting the appropriate option to scan the file for viruses.
For example, in this figure it is highlighted file my-file.mhtml, then you need to right-click on this file and select the option in the file menu "scan with AVG". When you select this option, AVG Antivirus will open and scan the file for viruses.
Sometimes an error may occur as a result incorrect software installation, which may be due to a problem encountered during the installation process. This may interfere with your operating system link your MHTML file to the correct application tool, influencing the so-called "file extension associations".
Sometimes simple reinstalling Internet Explorer may solve your problem by properly linking MHTML with Internet Explorer. In other cases, problems with file associations may result from bad software programming developer and you may need to contact the developer for further assistance.
Advice: Try updating Internet Explorer to the latest version to ensure you have the latest patches and updates.
This may seem too obvious, but often The MHTML file itself may be causing the problem. If you received a file via an email attachment or downloaded it from a website and the download process was interrupted (such as a power outage or other reason), the file may become damaged. If possible, try getting a new copy of the MHTML file and try opening it again.
Carefully: A damaged file can cause collateral damage to previous or existing malware on your PC, so it is important to keep your computer up-to-date with an up-to-date antivirus.
If your file is MHTML related to the hardware on your computer to open the file you may need update device drivers associated with this equipment.
This problem usually associated with media file types, which depend on successfully opening the hardware inside the computer, e.g. sound card or video card. For example, if you are trying to open an audio file but cannot open it, you may need to update sound card drivers.
Advice: If when you try to open an MHTML file you receive .SYS file error message, the problem could probably be associated with corrupted or outdated device drivers that need to be updated. This process can be made easier by using driver update software such as DriverDoc.
If the steps do not solve the problem and you are still having problems opening MHTML files, this may be due to lack of available system resources. Some versions of MHTML files may require a significant amount of resources (e.g. memory/RAM, processing power) to properly open on your computer. This problem is quite common if you are using fairly old computer hardware and at the same time a much newer operating system.
This problem can occur when the computer is having trouble keeping up with a task because the operating system (and other services running in the background) may consume too many resources to open the MHTML file. Try closing all applications on your PC before opening Mime HTML (MHTML) File. Freeing up all available resources on your computer will provide the best conditions for attempting to open the MHTML file.
If you completed all the steps described above and your MHTML file still won't open, you may need to run equipment update. In most cases, even when using older versions of hardware, the processing power can still be more than sufficient for most user applications (unless you're doing a lot of CPU-intensive work, such as 3D rendering, financial/scientific modeling, or intensive multimedia work) . Thus, it is likely that your computer does not have enough memory(commonly called "RAM" or random access memory) to perform the task of opening a file.
