That's based on the format of the mail item. RTF items show the icons inside
the mail message while Plain Text & HTML mail items show the icons in the
attachment area. I think the display was different in earlier versions of
Outlook, also

"Eeyan" wrote in message
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The attachments are at the top of reading pane above the split line. The
icons used to be below the line and much larger. This is what I want to
regain.