"Save for Web" only saves as GIF, not PNG :(

Hi everyone,
I'm totally stumped here. I have a giant file that's all sliced up, and I'd like to export it as PNGs, but regardless of what format I select, it always saves the images as GIFs. I've narrowed it down so I know that it's a problem with the file (I've restarted, cleared PS's settings, reinstalled PS, tried it on a different computer, etc), but I still have no idea how to fix it. Short of starting over, how can I get it to save the images as PNGs?
Thanks,
Rani

Nothing's greyed out, I can select PNG, and in the save dialog it even says "my_filename.png", but then when I go to look at the images they're all gifs.

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