my dodgy mail issue is back. Any HTML emails sent to me from Outlook appear as plain text and attachments are missing. I know for a fact that the gateway server they go through does NOT turn them into RTF or anything... It was all working fine and then it stopped. I am beginning to assume it's a problem intermittently caused by Norton AV (360 v3.0 I'm running). I have disabled email scanning but no dice.
For the last couple of weeks when I receive mail with attached pdf files, if I try to move or delete the mail Windows Mail hangs. Sometime it recovers but otherwise I need to kill it. I can open the attachment by clicking on the paper clip etc and everything seems fine so I don't think it's a security thing.
Starting about 2 weeks ago, I can't open attachments in Windows Mail. Message says "command failed to execute" I have been reading the posts and still don't know what to do. How do I know if IE8 has been installed as an update? I'm inexperienced with technical stuff. I don't think I installed it, could it have installed on it's own as an update? Tried saving them to desktop but don't know how to separate them from the e-mail, so they still don't open.
Some of the E-Mails i get when i click on the attachment then hit open i get a box that pops up with the following message."This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action.Create an association in the Set Associations control panel".
Recently I was unable to open attachments at all, after uninstalling IE8 I can now open PPS files but when I try to open a PDF attachment it opens up Microsoft Office Picture Manager. The only way I can view the attachment is to save it to another folder and then open it with Adobe 9.1.
Lately I have found that my Videos sent as attachments in my Windows Mail on Vista are failing to open when I double click. What occurs is that they play, but in the backround with the original e-mail still in view. To see the attachment video I have to click on the icon (i have now on the taskbar) to view the video playing. The previous video attachments, those, which I had save on hard drive are also doing the same if I want to view them. This has just began, for before, once I double clicked I could view them right away.
I'm running Vista, and I've recently ran into a problem. I've always normally been able to open up my attachments that are videos by the usual double click, a futher window pops up to Open, indicating that it'll open up using Windows Media Player, I clicked on Open and it would begin. Now when I do the aforementioned and the window comes up and I click on open, it begins playing, however to view it I have to click on the icon Windows Media Player before the actual e-mail will disappear and the video is able to be viewed. Why would this have just occurred, has it something maybe due to their recent updates etc.
Why do I get this message? This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Association control panel. Where do I find the Set Association control panel and how do I create an an association?
I use a Vista and my Windows mail does not send any email with attachments like pictures or short movies, pps and others. Small attchments and normal outgoing emails work fine. I use ZoneAlarm and already disabled the email function, and dont know what else to do.
Disconnected from cable for a while, upon our return we can't E-mail pictures or attachments thru windows mail. we get: Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of inactivity. Subject 'try me', Account: 'pop-server.nycap.rr.com', Server: 'smtp-server.nycap.rr.com', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25, Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 10053, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F
Most of the time when I attempt to open attachments (Media files such as jpg, mpg, wmv, etc.) the file does not open but I receive a message that OE cannot fnd the file. Usually, if I close OE and reopen, it will operate properly. Sometimes it is necessary to close and reopen more than one time. This never occurred prior to installing IE8. I am using Vista (64) home premium.
I have opened an attachment (word doc) from an e-mail, worked on it in Word (2007), and saved it. I then forward the e-mail and before sending it, open the attachment to check it, only to find that he changes I made are not there. Where does Mail/Word save the copy of the attachment I saved? Does Vista have temporary folders that it saves these files to similar to XP and, if so, where can I find these?
Recently bought a Dell Inspiron laptop from Future Shop and having a couple of challenges:
1. Regarding standard text signature at the end of an e-mail: I set up going through tools, options, signature and want it to appear at the end of each originally created e-mail and the end of each reply or forward...in Arial and font size of 10. Works fine when I create an e-mail, but for a reply or a forward appears as Times New Roman. Anything I can do to ensure always shows as Arial?
2. Regarding attachments received with an e-mail: often unable to open when I click on. Someone suggested saving the attachment to the desk top and then opening...generally works but a pain to save. Someone suggested the problem is that I don't have full Microsoft Office suite on the laptop just what came with it-Microsoft Works. Attachements being sent are not unusual...generally Word, Excel, PDF or PowerPoint. Any suggestion so that I don't have to save to desktop?
3. Last question...laptop came with a webcam, the workings of which I am new to. Doesn't always open/work when I click on its icon...window opens and says " please plug in a supported webcam". Sometimes when I unplug from internet and reboot computer the webcam works.
Seems I'm having the same problems as some others here, but I can not find the solution. I just purchased a Vista 32 Home Basic machine last week. ALL email attachments are blocked. I made sure the -Do not allow attachments-.... is unchecked in the Security tab. I'm running AVG Anti-Virus and checked those settings as well. I do see the paper clip indicating an attachment in mmy Inbox but when I opent he email there is no attachment.
If I send an e-mail from my other computer (XP running outlook) to myself. The e-mail plus attachments is recived Ok on the XP computer. The e-mail does not have the attachments when recieved on the Vista / Windos mail computer. I DO get attachments if e-mail is sent from someone else.
Just configured Windows Mail on my new laptop, and I can send and receive messages okay, but I cannot receive attachments. There isn't even any indication that the attachment was blocked; it's just not there. Also, I cannot receive HTML formatted e-mails (I get a news headline service); I can just see the hyperlinks. I have unchecked (cleared) the box that blocks .exe files, etc, but I'm only trying to send Word docs (to myself at this point to see if everything is working).
Recently I can not open attachments in Windows Mail. I'll get the message :WindowsSystem32xxx.xls or xxx.doc can not be found. How can I solve this problem, in the past I did not have this problem....
Right out of the blue I cannot open attachments with a .doc extention..I can open PDF attachments but not .doc. I use Open Office latest version. I can however save these attachments (usually resumes, I am a recruiter) to a folder on my desk top and view them from the folder. When I do try to open these resumes within windows mail I get an error window that says "c:windowssystem32 henthedocumentname.
Whenever I try to send an attachment from windows mail, it parses the attachment into multiple files that get sent. I've looked for any properties to change but cannot find anything related. I've tried "send to" from the picture or file as well. It does send less files when I do this. I don't want to have manually compress (zip or whatever) and attachment every time I send.
I am having problems getting attachments to open on my Windows Mail. This started about a week ago right after I had to re-install McAfee Antivirus. I thought it had something to do with that so I went into it and disabled the email scan. It did not fix the problem. I also had SpySweeper installed on my computer but was told that with McAfee, I did not need it. So, I uninstalled it and it still didn't fix the problem. I also went into tools>options>security and made sure the option for "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" was not checked and it isn't.
vista/windows mail/office 2007 all installed. Error message to set associations in control panel. Have done this many times and seems that the correct icon is listed though when I go through the "change file association", the check box for "associate all the time" is greyed out so I cannot check it. If I save the attachments to the desktop, they open just fine but I want to be able to open them in Windows Mail. I saw the fix for .doc attachments. Is there one for exe also? Would I have to fix each extension/file type that I wish to open while in Window Mail.
I received an attachment of pictures in an email and the actual pictures showed up in the body of the email as well as an attachment. Is there a way to set Windows mail so it only comes as an attachment and does not display the pictures in the body of the email?
I have been reading all the messages from other who cannot open any attachment in Windows Mail. I have also tried all the suggestions but so far nothings is working for me. It doesn't seem to matter the extension (.jpeg, .htm, .wmv, .gif) none of them open. My screen fades out and I get "windows not responding" and have to close the program.