Windows Live Writer Tip #11 – Insert Image from Web on Windows 7

re: Windows Live Writer Tip #11 – Insert Image from Web on Windows 7

Lister — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:19:39 GMT

That is a simple solution. I should have tried that myself. Thanks for the info.

re: Windows Live Writer Tip #11 – Insert Image from Web on Windows 7

Tim Anderson — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:01:21 GMT

Thanks for the info - though I'm intrigued that the behaviour only occurs on Windows 7. You must have a check for W7 in there - which can't be fooled by the compatibility settings, unfortunately.

Your solution won't work for me since I upload images manually. I don't use FTP because it sends the password in plain text. So I am back to editing the HTML source, which is really a nuisance.

A fix could not come soon enough for me.

Thanks for an excellent utility.

Tim

re: Windows Live Writer Tip #11 – Insert Image from Web on Windows 7

Hugo Quintela — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:36:37 GMT

Let me tell you that this sucks big time.

I upload my images to dropbox so I can put them on my blog. Now I don't see how I can use your trick...

re: Windows Live Writer Tip #11 – Insert Image from Web on Windows 7

Craig Watson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:26:11 GMT

Brandon,

Thanks for saving my sanity. You have saved me editing the HTML and inserting <img /> tags. Which is what I was about to do. But, I thought it has to be a know Windows 7 bug (I just upgrade from Vista).

This workaround will be heavily used.

Any projection as to when a "fix" may appear?

If it is a while off, I may contemplate writing a plug-in which knows how to do image URL's. I'll have a bit of a think, but would it be possible to aggregate the current image functionality into a new plug-in?

Thanks again.

Craig Watson