Attachment 'Save As' from open email window missing file extension

Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1123
Win XP Prof SP1

Problem:
When I save an attached file to a folder using (Right Click) Save As
on the attachment name from the open email window, the file is saved
by default with no extension. ie. the file name appears in the save as
dialog with no extension, and unless I add it, that is how it is
saved.

This appears to happen only when "Hide extensions for known file
types" is checked in the explorer folder options/view.

Is this a generally known problem, or perhaps associated with a recent
update?

If you save the file without manually adding an extension and then go to look at the file
in the Windows File Explorer, what does it list for the file in the TYPE column? If it
has the right type, then you don't have a problem. What you are seeing is expected.

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


"Kevin" wrote in message
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Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1123
Win XP Prof SP1

Problem:
When I save an attached file to a folder using (Right Click) Save As
on the attachment name from the open email window, the file is saved
by default with no extension. ie. the file name appears in the save as
dialog with no extension, and unless I add it, that is how it is
saved.

This appears to happen only when "Hide extensions for known file
types" is checked in the explorer folder options/view.

Is this a generally known problem, or perhaps associated with a recent
update?

Yes, that's what I would have expected, and it's working like that on
my machine here. On the machine in question though, the files were
actually being saved with no extension, (and hence the file type was
'file'). The 'hide extensions' setting was ticked. When it was
cleared, the files saved properly.

"Michael Santovec" wrote in message ...
If you save the file without manually adding an extension and then go to look at the file
in the Windows File Explorer, what does it list for the file in the TYPE column? If it
has the right type, then you don't have a problem. What you are seeing is expected.

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