I'm sorry, but I don't know what HDD stands for...I copied it to My Pictures
folder and I have no trouble viewing it there, also I don't understand why
..jpg files will open in OE and .gif will not. This something new that
started happening recently, please bear with me, what I know about this
machine I've learned by trial and error and at 76 yrs old I sometimes forget
things that I have learned. The way the error message I receive says I don't
have a program associated with the particular file and to go to Folder
Options, it sounds like I don't have a program associated with .gif file.
This particular e-mail has several attachments, including a .jpg file, which
opened with no problem, but all the rest are .gif files, it would seem to me
that I need to do something in Folder Options file to create an association
for all .gif files. I know this rambles on but it's hard to explain when I
don't have the tech knowledge to use the proper words etc. I really
appreciate your help Bruce.
--
Grandma

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"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

You have to save an attachment to your HDD first. Now go to where you saved
it and Right Click | Open With. You won't get that option when trying to
open it in the e-mail.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"TN Grandma" wrote in message
...
When I right click "Open With" doesn't appear, just "Open", which opens
the
attachment then I click open and that's when I get the Message I showed in
my
first post. I tried going to Control Panel and opening Folder Options,
but I
don't understand what I suppose to do when I get there.
--
Grandma

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"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With | Choose
Program. Find and choose a program that works and then check the box:
Always
use this program to open this kind of file. This should enable you to
open
these attachments in the future.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"TN Grandma" wrote in message
...
Cannot open .gif files in OE, no problem .jpg files however. I get
this
error message
"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing
this
action. Create an association in Folder Option Control Panel." Have
no
problem if I want to copy the file to my picture folder, but would like
to
see what it is before I copy it.
I'm using WinXP SP2, IE7 and OE6, it's not a big problem but quite
annoying.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
--
Grandma

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Cats have staff!!!