Can't Open Picture Attachments

So I will remove this *dastardly* IE8 program and see how it goes.

Make sure you disable all those real-time protections prior to uninstalling
IE8 or you may be looking at another "wipe & reload."


Heather wrote:
Hi PA......yes, I made the grave error of installing IE8 again and no I
didn't disable anything!! It was a Windows Update install.

The CD was the same 5 year old one that Willy originally installed XP on
here with, so had to update a lot of stuff. He hadn't quite gotten all
the
MS updates, but did put SP3 on.

As for using Norton or McAfee.......bite your tongue!! You know I know
better, grin. Hate them both due to being a WinME user. I have Avast on
here.

I do believe I compacted them but probably some of the ones on the
Clickfree
gadget might not have been done. Compact All Folders started working
about
a week before the reformat. And YES.....that was the problem before.

So I will remove this *dastardly* IE8 program and see how it goes. Thanks
for the input and you know who sends her best.....(G)

Figgs

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote in message
...
So if you can tell me why I can't click on the paperclip to open photos,
etc., I will be happy.

Did you happen to install IE8 again? Did you disable all real-time
protections afforded by your (1) anti-virus application, (2) any
anti-spyware applications, (3) disable any third-party firewall (and then
enable the Windows Firewall) prior to installing IE8?

Assuming either the CDs that same with the computer or the hidden Recover
partition was used to reinstall Windows, was a Norton or McAfee
free-trial
reinstalled (which would NOT have been valid)?

Also, I thought the new Clickfree backup would reinstall all of my *.dbx
files into OE with no problem, but such is not the case.

I wouldn't depend on any such program to backup *and* "reinstall" OE
data.
There's no way that the {GUID} associated with your new/current identity
(after the reinstall) is identical to the {GUID} associated with your
pre-reinstall identity. (And I'd hope that your Inbox, Sent Items, and
Deleted Items folders were empty and that you'd compacted all OE folders
prior to backing up the old data.)

If you have "orphaned" DBX files, you may be able to import them. See...

Importing a single DBX file
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/how.htm#importdbx
http://www.oehelp.com/backup.aspx#imp1

PA.....OE wasn't corrupt as we thought.

Huh? Are you referring to
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...1d57039c1545f9
(31 May-09 &ff)?
--
~Robear


Heather wrote:
For the first time in 10 years, I had to have a computer reformatted.
And
reinstalling all of the programs and updating them has been a royal
PITA!!

However....I see that in OE, the attachments will not open. They did
fine
OK after the reinstall, I think.....but I assume it is some sort of
association that I need to fix/change/do/whatever.

Also, I thought the new Clickfree backup would reinstall all of my *.dbx
files into OE with no problem, but such is not the case. They are all
in
the folder and I have the main ones connected and a couple of
subfolders,
but not entirely sure how to reconnect the others. OTOH, it is not a
big
deal.

PA.....OE wasn't corrupt as we thought. Once I got rid of a lot of news
groups under Motzarella when changing it to Eternal September, the
durned
thing started compacting again.....including the Folders File. Have no
idea
why, but not going to ask, grin.

So if you can tell me why I can't click on the paperclip to open photos,
etc., I will be happy. There is something glitchy with the XP install
and I
will hit that group with a few questions. Minor I suppose, but I don't
like
glitches.

Cheers.....Heather/Figgs