When I receive an email with an attachment and click on the paperclip, some
attachments have a picture of a little white square with about 3 red and blue
dots on it instead of a picture of a little envelope. When I click on it to
open the attachment, a window opens that says: "This file does not have a
program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association
in the Folder Options control panel"

I don't have a clue what this means and I can never open those attachments.
Can anybody help?

save the file to the desktop
click the file, if there is truly not a program associated with the file,
the 'open with' dialog will appear
find the appropriate application in the list and select it, OK out.
IF the file does not open properly close the application and try again with
a different one.
IF the file opens properly in that application, close the application, click
the file again, and this time check the 'always open this filetype with this
program' checkbox.
OK out
file association created

File associations are usually created at the time of installation by the
installer
You may not have a program to open the filetype, installed
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"harleymunchkin" wrote in message
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When I receive an email with an attachment and click on the paperclip,
some
attachments have a picture of a little white square with about 3 red and
blue
dots on it instead of a picture of a little envelope. When I click on it
to
open the attachment, a window opens that says: "This file does not have a
program associated with it for performing this action. Create an
association
in the Folder Options control panel"

I don't have a clue what this means and I can never open those
attachments.
Can anybody help?

I have exactly the same problem and I cannot resolve If you find the
answer please let us know.
Peter,

See the Identifying Attachment File Types and Setting File Associations
section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...e.htm#identify

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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


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oups.com...
I have exactly the same problem and I cannot resolve If you find the
answer please let us know.
Peter,

wrote in message
oups.com...
I have exactly the same problem and I cannot resolve If you find the
answer please let us know.
Peter,

See the Identifying Attachment File Types and Setting File Associations
section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...e.htm#identify


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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"harleymunchkin" wrote in
message ...
When I receive an email with an attachment and click on the paperclip,
some
attachments have a picture of a little white square with about 3 red
and blue
dots on it instead of a picture of a little envelope. When I click on
it to
open the attachment, a window opens that says: "This file does not
have a
program associated with it for performing this action. Create an
association
in the Folder Options control panel"

I don't have a clue what this means and I can never open those
attachments.
Can anybody help?