Hi all. I am so mystified. Suddenly two days ago Word attachments I
opened and read in Outlook Express and then closed moved to the
following path: C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\
(then an odd number supplied by the computer such as 096BSXQR - name
of file). When I go to Word to open the attachment, unless I have
saved it deliberately in a sub-file or My Docs, I get a long error
message saying that the doc. name or path is invalid, etc., etc.

I don't understand how or why this happened. I would just like to get
my OE working again.

Any help/thoughts will be very much appreciated.

Peggy Nielsen

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Hi all. I am so mystified. Suddenly two days ago Word attachments I
opened and read in Outlook Express and then closed moved to the
following path: C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\
(then an odd number supplied by the computer such as 096BSXQR - name
of file). When I go to Word to open the attachment, unless I have
saved it deliberately in a sub-file or My Docs, I get a long error
message saying that the doc. name or path is invalid, etc., etc.

I don't understand how or why this happened. I would just like to get
my OE working again.

Any help/thoughts will be very much appreciated.

Peggy Nielsen


Before trying to read them move or copy them to a normal Windows folder.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.

Hi Peggy,

The problem might be resolved simply by deleting temporary Internet files
(Internet Explorer or Control Panel).

It may be more complex, however. To fully explore the possibilities more
information will be needed, and a Word group would probably be a better
place to find the answer.

What version of Word created the file?
What version of Word are you using?
What is your browser version?

--
Tim K.
aka Kuay Tim
MS-MVP - Outlook Express
Lynnwood, WA
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"PeggyN" wrote in message
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Hi all. I am so mystified. Suddenly two days ago Word attachments I
opened and read in Outlook Express and then closed moved to the
following path: C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\
(then an odd number supplied by the computer such as 096BSXQR - name
of file). When I go to Word to open the attachment, unless I have
saved it deliberately in a sub-file or My Docs, I get a long error
message saying that the doc. name or path is invalid, etc., etc.

I don't understand how or why this happened. I would just like to get
my OE working again.

Any help/thoughts will be very much appreciated.

Peggy Nielsen

...When I go to Word to open the attachment, unless I have
saved it deliberately in a sub-file or My Docs, I get a long error
message saying that the doc. name or path is invalid, etc., etc.

If you know you're going to use the Word file again, save the attachment to
your HDD after opening it the first time; otherwise, open the email again
then open the attachment again.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org


PeggyN wrote:
Hi all. I am so mystified. Suddenly two days ago Word attachments I
opened and read in Outlook Express and then closed moved to the
following path: C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\
(then an odd number supplied by the computer such as 096BSXQR - name
of file). When I go to Word to open the attachment, unless I have
saved it deliberately in a sub-file or My Docs, I get a long error
message saying that the doc. name or path is invalid, etc., etc.

I don't understand how or why this happened. I would just like to get
my OE working again.

Any help/thoughts will be very much appreciated.

Peggy Nielsen

Thanks Tim and Pa-

I've been to the Word group and got no help there. So I thought I'd
attack this from the OE Express side.

Word 2002 is the version. I'm running Win. XP and IE 6. The sending
Word version is also Word 2002 - I've sent docs to myself and the
program does the same thing.

Pa, you are right - I can simply reopen the file and save it where I
want it, but I thought if anybody could tell me how to solve this
problem, I'd get rid of the annoyance.

Peggy Nielsen

Hi Peggy,

What you describe is the way my Word, version 2001, works.

When one opens .doc attachment within Outlook Express, the doc file is
assigned a location in one of windows Temporary Internet Folders..

As long as the attachment is open within Outlook the doc file will be in
that location, close the doc attachment, Outlook Express upon closing
removes/clears that temp file location. The reason Word cannot find the
file.

If you want Word to use this location, Open the attachment within Outlook
Express, Do Not Close the open attachment.

Now close Outlook Express, then close the open attachment.

Word can now open the document because Outlook Express couldn't remove it
from windows Temporary Internet Folder when it was closed.

Temporary Internet Folders is not a good place to store Word documents, if
after opening a doc attachment within Outlook Express and you want to save
it, in what ever program the attachment was opened with choose Save As and
select a location of your choice.

Hope this helps,
Ken


"PeggyN" wrote in message
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|
| Thanks Tim and Pa-
|
| I've been to the Word group and got no help there. So I thought I'd
| attack this from the OE Express side.
|
| Word 2002 is the version. I'm running Win. XP and IE 6. The sending
| Word version is also Word 2002 - I've sent docs to myself and the
| program does the same thing.
|
| Pa, you are right - I can simply reopen the file and save it where I
| want it, but I thought if anybody could tell me how to solve this
| problem, I'd get rid of the annoyance.
|
| Peggy Nielsen
|

That's the way ALL attachments work in OE.

Whenever you open an attachment in OE, it saves a TEMPORARY copy of the
attachment in the IE Temporary Internet Files (TIF), then launches the
appropriate program passing the saved attachment name so that you can
OPEN (view) the attachment. When you move on to the next message, OE
will attempt to delete that TIF copy. It won't be able to if the
opening application still has the file locked.

If you want to update that attachment, the intended way to handle this
is either save the attachment first (e.g. File, Save Attachments or any
of several other ways), then open the saved attachment in your
application, or if you open from with OE, use the File, Save AS in the
application rather than simple Save.

Under no circumstances can you update the attachment embedded in the
original message.

--

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


"PeggyN" wrote in message
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Hi all. I am so mystified. Suddenly two days ago Word attachments I
opened and read in Outlook Express and then closed moved to the
following path: C:\WINDOWS\Temp\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\
(then an odd number supplied by the computer such as 096BSXQR - name
of file). When I go to Word to open the attachment, unless I have
saved it deliberately in a sub-file or My Docs, I get a long error
message saying that the doc. name or path is invalid, etc., etc.

I don't understand how or why this happened. I would just like to get
my OE working again.

Any help/thoughts will be very much appreciated.

Peggy Nielsen

Ken and Michael-Thanks so much for your answers. I can work with the
OE attchmt. procedure now that I understand it. So, it's not going to
be an ongoing problem for me. But, (perhaps the question is not worth
looking into), why did this happen suddenly? I've had my current
computer for over 2 years and have changed little, only an occasional
update. No serious changes.

Peggy Nielsen

But...why did this happen suddenly? I've had my current
computer for over 2 years and have changed little, only an occasional
update. No serious changes.

Office Updates are "serious changes", Peggy.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org


PeggyN wrote:
Ken and Michael-Thanks so much for your answers. I can work with the
OE attchmt. procedure now that I understand it. So, it's not going to
be an ongoing problem for me. But, (perhaps the question is not worth
looking into), why did this happen suddenly? I've had my current
computer for over 2 years and have changed little, only an occasional
update. No serious changes.

The way it's working now is the way it should have been working all
along. It's been that way since at least IE5. As I recall, the IE3
Internet Mail and News used to use the Windows TEMP folder rather than
the IE Temporary Internet files (TIF). I don't recall whether OE4 was
the first version to use the TIF or still did it the IE3 way.

As for what may have changed, maybe the order that you do things in.

If you open DOC from OE, update it, close the DOC in WORD, then in OE
switch to another message, OE will delete the updated DOC from the TIF.

If you open the DOC from OE, then switch to another message, then close
the DOC in Word, the delete by OE will fail because WORD has the DOC
file locked. So if you later open Word and use the recent files, the
updated DOC will still be accessible.


--

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


"PeggyN" wrote in message
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Ken and Michael-Thanks so much for your answers. I can work with the
OE attchmt. procedure now that I understand it. So, it's not going to
be an ongoing problem for me. But, (perhaps the question is not worth
looking into), why did this happen suddenly? I've had my current
computer for over 2 years and have changed little, only an occasional
update. No serious changes.

Peggy Nielsen