Unable to View/Open or Save any attachments
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2007
It doesn't matter What type of attachment i have, Win Mail will not allow me to view/open/save attachments. I have installed Office Pro 2007 to no effect. I have tried all work arounds in this forum but still no joy. Obvious;y Microsoft don't give a #$%& ..they got our money..thats all they worry about.I even rang MS tech support only to be told they couldn't help..they hadn't been trained yet...
May 26th, 2007 at 03:11 pm
/Greg/ said: I tested saving a JPG attachment in Windows Mail, which succeeded simply by clicking its name in the header area.You may have a configuration problem, or another app may be blocking the save. Also check TOOLS|OPTIONS|SECURITY SETTINGS, if you have not done so already.
May 27th, 2007 at 01:47 pm
See www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx and look at points 1 and 3.steve"Greg"
May 30th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Do you have found a solution yet, because I'm having the same problem?GreetingsPieter"Greg" wrote:
Jun 3rd, 2007 at 06:38 am
Some have reported that Norton Internet Security will cause this problem. The fix would be to uninstall NIS.Gary VanderMolen "Pieter"
Jun 7th, 2007 at 03:17 pm
I had this problem with the retail version when I installed AVG, it went away when I uninstalled AVG. (But I couldn't fix it when it occurred when using RC1.)
Jun 11th, 2007 at 11:52 pm
"Peter Johnson" Sorry to hear that AVG can cause this problem. Before this, only Symantec/Norton and McAfee products were on my bad actor list.Gary VanderMolen
Jun 13th, 2007 at 05:13 pm
"Gary VanderMolen" I haven't had a problem using AVG 7.5 Frank Saunders, MSMVP OE/WM fjsmjs.com Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
Jun 16th, 2007 at 09:50 am
I am using Avast! and am having the same problem. I've reviewed every link available to me, and googled the inability to save or view attachments to no avail. I've uninstalled my antivirus temporarily to try and open an attachment, and that did not even work... so to clarify, my Windows mail will not allow me to open attachments even when no antivirus is present. "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" has been unchecked the entir time. I even tried checking it, applying, then unchecking it and applying again.I am working on a bachelor's degree online, and we use newsgroups as our class rooms, and this is also where we make our postings. This has been frustrating for me, because I am unable to open any attachments. I've had to install Mozilla's Thunderbird in order to be able to continue my education. I do prefer Windows Mail because it is much easier to create news rules, which are important to me. I spend $1500 every 5 weeks for continuing education, and it is disturbing to me that a glich like this nearly jepordized that! I'm sure that I am not the only one who values the ability to open attachments. I've been trying to fix this problem for a couple weeks now, so any help would be greatly appreciated!!! I am using Windows Vista Home Premium, Avast! antivirus, Windows defender is running. I tried finding a way to shut down defender, to see if that might resolve the problem, but the only place I could find it running was under services, and when I tried to stop the service, it gave me an access denied. I am an administrator on my computer. I did review the link I've seen posted here several times (reviewing #1 and #3) but they were not helpful to me.Again, thanks for any help that anybody can provide.
Jun 20th, 2007 at 06:57 pm
Sounds like you've tried all the suggested fixes for this problem. Sorry it didn't work out. Just continue using Thunderbird until Microsoft comes out with a fix.Gary VanderMolen"Frustrated Student Heidi" <Frustrated Student Heidi@discussions.microsoft.com>
Jun 22nd, 2007 at 11:04 pm
"Frustrated Student Heidi" <Frustrated Student Heidi@discussions.microsoft.com> I would also suggest giving Thunderbird a try. Frank Saunders, MSMVP OE/WM fjsmjs.com Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
Jun 24th, 2007 at 09:38 am
"Frustrated Student Heidi" <Frustrated Student Heidi@discussions.microsoft.com> I would also suggest giving Thunderbird a try. Frank Saunders, MSMVP OE/WM fjsmjs.com Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.