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Ana Ibis - 24 May 2008 15:58 GMT

Hi,

They have sent me email with attachments.
I can't open the attachments.
This is the message I get:
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
action. Create an association in the Set Associations Control Panel."
Thanks for your help!

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Rich - 24 May 2008 16:47 GMT

> Hi,
>
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> action. Create an association in the Set Associations Control Panel."
> Thanks for your help!

It appears that you do not have the program that was used to create the file
type or the file association has been corrupted.
What type of file is it? What is the file extension? We can tell you what
program you need to install if we know what kind of file you are trying to
open.

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Big John - 24 May 2008 23:42 GMT

Try saving your attachment under the "File Menu" as Save Attachment. I
wasn't able to open up Power Point Presentations that wre sent to me as an
attachment until I saved them and then opened them up using "Microsoft's
Free Power Point Viewer". I always encountered the error box about file
associations before I found this approach.

> Hi,
>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> action. Create an association in the Set Associations Control Panel."
> Thanks for your help!

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robertmiles@bellsouthNOSPAM.net - 25 May 2008 00:49 GMT

See if this helps you open such attachments from within Windows Mail:

<http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/149/1/Unable-to-open-PPS-attachments-direc
tly-from-Windows-Mail-in-Windows-Vista.html>

> Try saving your attachment under the "File Menu" as Save Attachment. I
> wasn't able to open up Power Point Presentations that wre sent to me as an
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>> action. Create an association in the Set Associations Control Panel."
>> Thanks for your help!

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