Attachment did not open in oe - 6 - Win2000 prof

I am using outlook express 6.00 on Windows 2000 Server professional.

The attachments are displayed when reading a mail. While trying to open the
dialog box with the option of "open" or "Save to disk" appears. But when
selecting to open it did not work. But while saving to disk and then double
click on it works.

Can any one help me pls.

TT

What happens when you OPEN? Do you get an error message?

If it says that there is not program associated with the file type, that
means that there is no OPEN action in the Windows File Associations for
that file type. OE needs the OPEN action. When you double click the
saved file, Windows uses the DEFAULT action which could be some such as
SHOW, DISPLAY, etc.

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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I am using outlook express 6.00 on Windows 2000 Server professional.

The attachments are displayed when reading a mail. While trying to
open the
dialog box with the option of "open" or "Save to disk" appears. But
when
selecting to open it did not work. But while saving to disk and then
double
click on it works.

Can any one help me pls.

TT