To open an attachment within OE there must be an OPEN action in the
Windows File Associations for the file type. By default, Windows Media
Player creates a PLAY action.

See the Identifying Attachment File Types and Setting File Associations
section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://TechHelp.Santovec.us/decode.htm#identify


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Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us



"BigOwl" wrote in message
...
When I tried that procedure, Windows Media Player said it could not
find such
an extension and added (.) to the note...not sure what that means. I
can
open the file if I save it to the desktop or in Windows Explorer, but
it
still refuses to open as an attachment to an OE 6 email message. I
found
that I could open the file that I had moved to Windows Explorer. by
clicking
Window Media Player's Now Playing button, More Options, Network, made
sure
all Protocol boxes were checked, including one called Use ports
7000-7007 to
receive data, then clicked Configure under Streaming proxy settings,
clicked
on Autodetect proxy settings and closed it out. That helped only the
saved
file in Windows Explorer. I also check the associations and find the
settings are for Media Player. Any suggestions?


"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, (WMP), 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.
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Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"K-Bob" wrote in message
...
All of a sudden OE6 will not allow me to open file attachments
containing
.wmv files. I get the following message: "THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE
A
PROGRAM
ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN
ASSOCIATION IN
THE
FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL PANEL."

I have checked the "Folder Options" in the control panel and there
is a
.wmv
file out there. Up until last week I was able to open these kinds
of
email
attachments with no problems. Windows Media Player automatically
started
playing the file when clicking on OPEN. Same with burning CD's,
can't do
that anymore since last week. WHAT IS GOING ON???

I can view this if I save the attachment to my hard drive, but
don't want
to
have to do that EVERY time I receive one of these.

I have Windows XP for an operating system.
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K. Christiansen