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I'm using Outlook Express. Sometimes I get email messages with attachments. When I click on the attachment I can't open it even though it is an "Outlook Express Mail Message." What do I do? Jerry N What happens when you try? Is the paper clip grayed out? Tools>Options>Security. Uncheck: "Do not allow attachments................." Help avoid computer viruses that spread through e-mail Managing e-mail attachments in Outlook and Outlook Express http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/email/attachments.mspx If you're running XP/SP2 also see this: Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service Pack 2: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260 And please see these articles about virus protection in OE 6: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291387 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=329570 http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm#oe6attach  SignatureBruce Hagen MS MVP - Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ > I'm using Outlook Express. Sometimes I get email messages with > attachments. When I click on the attachment I can't open it even though it > is an "Outlook Express Mail Message." What do I do? > > Jerry N If it's trying to open in any program other than Outlook Express or it says that it there is no file association, then see: OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express (Fixing the EML File Association) http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355 If it won't let you select the attachment to open or says that access have been removed, then see Bruce's reply. SignatureMike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm > I'm using Outlook Express. Sometimes I get email messages with > attachments. When I click on the attachment I can't open it even > though it is an "Outlook Express Mail Message." What do I do? > > Jerry N Well, I tried following those directions. I got as far as Registered File Types. But I couldn't find EML Outlook Express. The only eml I had was EML File. And the only outlook express was Outlook Express News Message. When I tried originally to open the Outlook Express Mail Message Attachment, my computer tried to do it with Adobe Acrobat. I have another computer, virtually the same model, same programs, which opens the attachments with no problem--now. I had written to the group about a year ago and got a solution which quite stupidly I didn't save. Jerry N > Well, I tried following those directions. I got as far as Registered File > Types. But I couldn't find EML Outlook Express. The only eml I had was [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jerry N Select EML file and click Advanced. Select Open and click Edit. For application used to perform this action paste in "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\MSIMN.EXE" /eml:%1 with the quotes and the space before /eml:%1 You should also get this update for your OE6 SP2: There are two articles, KB918766 and KB918651, but the latter is not currently available. The download link is http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=86b68a78-f325-4a95-98c2 -98af2256ccc3&DisplayLang=en Before compacting it places a backup in Recycled, overwriting any earlier backup of the same folder(s). To use it, copy it to the store folder, delete the one you want to replace and then rename the BAK file to DBX. (It's a bit more complicated if the messed up DBX file isn't there or contains messages that are hew that you want to keep. SignatureFrank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM Reply in newsgroup "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" Many thanks. I got it working. When I selected EML File there was no option for advanced, but there was "Change." So I clicked that and found Adobe Acrobat highlighted. All I had to do was selected Outlook Express, which was listed right under Adobe. O, so easy--with expert guidance, of course. Jerry N |
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