PC currently has McAfee Internet Security Suite intalled, with AntiVirus,
Firewall, and Site Advisor running. I just renewed the subscription last
week (7 days ago). Other PCs and laptop renewed at same time, with same
McAfee software, do not exhibit this odd behavior.

PC originally came with Norton, but that was removed years ago in favor of
McAfee. Norton was removed by Norton Removal Tool.

Yes, McAfee was running when IE8 was installed as upgrade from IE7.

No other anti-spyware programs running or installed.

Can't tell you exactly when this behavior started. I upgraded to IE8 on that
PC about six or eight weeks ago, but don't recall if the behavior changed as
a result of the upgrade, or if it has happened more recently. I don't use
that PC as often as my laptop.

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Ken Snell




"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
applications running in the background when you installed IE8 and/or SP3?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it; an earlier version of McAfee Security Center freebie from your ISP)?


Ken Snell wrote:
I've checked further.

The behavior is occurring for all file types (.zip, .rar, .doc, .xls) in
all
identities. And these file types have the "Confirm after download"
checkbox
checked in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | File Types.

None of the identities has a key for Dont Show Dialogs in Registry.

I'm perplexed as to what has happened, and how to fix this. I definitely
don't want OE to operate without letting me cofirm file opening.

I haven't tried all types of attachments, but it's doing it for EXCEL
and
WORD files so far. Thanks for this information. The identity on which
this
is happening is the Main one. I'll see how this works.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
All attachments or...?

Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default
Main
Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity...
snip
Ken Snell wrote:
I'm running WinXP Pro with IE8. My Outlook Express has stopped asking
me
if
I want to open this file when I click on a mail attachment (clicking
on
the
attachment in the dropdown list where option is the file or Save
Attachments. OE just opens the file directly.

I don't recall unchecking the checkbox in the popup dialog window,
either,
so am not sure how it got turned off.

I've checked Registry Editor, and I do not have a key in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Micro soft\Outlook
Express\5.0\Dont Show Dialogs folder for this option, so I cannot
delete
the
key in order to return the dialog box.

Where else do I look for fixing this issue? Thanks.