file attachment

Hello,
I don´t find a reason to the following:
When i want to attach a file on an email , i click on attach icon, and when
i double click on a direct access, it doesn´t open the folder, instead adds
the *.lnk file to the email.
I´ve tried on several machines and all did the same thing.
It works this way or is same configuration i am missing?
Thanks, it´s silly ,i know, but i want to know.

Hi,
I also tried on a Windows 200 machine, and It works fine, if you double
click on the direct access it opens the folder. The computer that I am
working with is a Windows XP SP2.
What can it be?


"Claudio" wrote:

Hello,
I don´t find a reason to the following:
When i want to attach a file on an email , i click on attach icon, and when
i double click on a direct access, it doesn´t open the folder, instead adds
the *.lnk file to the email.
I´ve tried on several machines and all did the same thing.
It works this way or is same configuration i am missing?
Thanks, it´s silly ,i know, but i want to know.

Try a single click.

"Claudio" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I also tried on a Windows 200 machine, and It works fine, if you double
click on the direct access it opens the folder. The computer that I am
working with is a Windows XP SP2.
What can it be?


"Claudio" wrote:

Hello,
I don´t find a reason to the following:
When i want to attach a file on an email , i click on attach icon, and
when
i double click on a direct access, it doesn´t open the folder, instead
adds
the *.lnk file to the email.
I´ve tried on several machines and all did the same thing.
It works this way or is same configuration i am missing?
Thanks, it´s silly ,i know, but i want to know.

You've run across a quirk of OE in Windows XP. You can't follow a
shortcut (LNK) to a folder in the attach file dialog. It attaches the
link instead, which is worthless.

For a workaround instead of using Insert, File Attachment open the
folder in Windows Explorer and navigate to the desired folder. Then
drag-and-drop the desired files to the message composition window.

--

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


"Claudio" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I also tried on a Windows 200 machine, and It works fine, if you
double
click on the direct access it opens the folder. The computer that I am
working with is a Windows XP SP2.
What can it be?


"Claudio" wrote:

Hello,
I don´t find a reason to the following:
When i want to attach a file on an email , i click on attach icon,
and when
i double click on a direct access, it doesn´t open the folder,
instead adds
the *.lnk file to the email.
I´ve tried on several machines and all did the same thing.
It works this way or is same configuration i am missing?
Thanks, it´s silly ,i know, but i want to know.