attachments
 

Hi, whenever I get an email with an email attachment, I can't open the
attachment. I know it has something to do with the folder options in the
control panel but I could use a little more help. also the following article
didn't help. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312342/en-us

attachments
 

Do you get an error message similar as what is in the KB article, or is the
paper clip grayed out?

If the former, save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and choose
Open With. Find an appropriate program and check the box: "Always use this
program to open this kind of file".

If the paper clip is grayed out:

ToolsOptionsSecurity. Uncheck: "Do not allow attachments................."

Help avoid computer viruses that spread through e-mail
Managing e-mail attachments in Outlook and Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...tachments.mspx

If you're running XP/SP2 also see this:
Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service Pack
2:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mindy" wrote in message
...
Hi, whenever I get an email with an email attachment, I can't open the
attachment. I know it has something to do with the folder options in the
control panel but I could use a little more help. also the following
article
didn't help. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312342/en-us

attachments
 

when I open up an .eml attachment it opens in a notebook format. how can I
have .eml attachments to open in an email?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Do you get an error message similar as what is in the KB article, or is the
paper clip grayed out?

If the former, save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and choose
Open With. Find an appropriate program and check the box: "Always use this
program to open this kind of file".

If the paper clip is grayed out:

ToolsOptionsSecurity. Uncheck: "Do not allow attachments................."

Help avoid computer viruses that spread through e-mail
Managing e-mail attachments in Outlook and Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...tachments.mspx

If you're running XP/SP2 also see this:
Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service Pack
2:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mindy" wrote in message
...
Hi, whenever I get an email with an email attachment, I can't open the
attachment. I know it has something to do with the folder options in the
control panel but I could use a little more help. also the following
article
didn't help. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312342/en-us

attachments
 

Choose the program as I outlined. Save the attachment to your HDD. Right
click on it and choose Open With. Find an appropriate program and check the
box: "Always use this program to open this kind of file".
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mindy" wrote in message
...
when I open up an .eml attachment it opens in a notebook format. how can
I
have .eml attachments to open in an email?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Do you get an error message similar as what is in the KB article, or is
the
paper clip grayed out?

If the former, save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and
choose
Open With. Find an appropriate program and check the box: "Always use
this
program to open this kind of file".

If the paper clip is grayed out:

ToolsOptionsSecurity. Uncheck: "Do not allow
attachments................."

Help avoid computer viruses that spread through e-mail
Managing e-mail attachments in Outlook and Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...tachments.mspx

If you're running XP/SP2 also see this:
Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service
Pack
2:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mindy" wrote in message
...
Hi, whenever I get an email with an email attachment, I can't open the
attachment. I know it has something to do with the folder options in
the
control panel but I could use a little more help. also the following
article
didn't help. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312342/en-us

attachments
 

"Mindy" wrote in message
...
Hi, whenever I get an email with an email attachment, I can't open the
attachment. I know it has something to do with the folder options in the
control panel but I could use a little more help. also the following
article
didn't help. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312342/en-us

In OE click tools/options/security uncheck "do not allow attachments
....."

attachments
 

OLEXP: Unable to Open EML File Attachments in Outlook Express
(Fixing the EML File Association)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=312355


--

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


"Mindy" wrote in message
...
when I open up an .eml attachment it opens in a notebook format. how
can I
have .eml attachments to open in an email?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Do you get an error message similar as what is in the KB article, or
is the
paper clip grayed out?

If the former, save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and
choose
Open With. Find an appropriate program and check the box: "Always use
this
program to open this kind of file".

If the paper clip is grayed out:

ToolsOptionsSecurity. Uncheck: "Do not allow
attachments................."

Help avoid computer viruses that spread through e-mail
Managing e-mail attachments in Outlook and Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...tachments.mspx

If you're running XP/SP2 also see this:
Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service
Pack
2:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Mindy" wrote in message
...
Hi, whenever I get an email with an email attachment, I can't open
the
attachment. I know it has something to do with the folder options
in the
control panel but I could use a little more help. also the
following
article
didn't help. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312342/en-us