Re: Win XP Pro SP2 strange "warn before opening" in OE6

Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

With regard to the registry entries, I think you may be getting mixed up
with Outlook. Outlook not Outlook Express has a list of file types that can
be set individually, if you don't have a problem editing the registry.

Neil
"All Things Mopar" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I just recently took delivery of a high-performance custom-
> built PC. It has an AMD 3700 CPU, a 4 gig memory, a 260 gig
> Maxtoor HD, both a CD/DVD reader and CD/DVD burner.
>
> My Windows version is /retail/ Win XP Pro SP1 on the CD, but I
> installed SP2 from the free CD Microsoft mailed me. This is
> retail, and /not/ OEM. And, it is activated and /all/ updates
> have been applied on top of SP2.
>
> On my older SP1 PC, /all/ graphics file types coming to me via
> E-mail in Outlook Express as attachments (not pasted it)
> automatically gave me the "do you want to open or save?"
> dialog box when I click on a graphics file under the "paper
> clip" button.
>
> The non-graphics types, including TXT, DOC, XLS, PPT/PPS, etc.
> never gave a warning, they just opened. However, on my new SP2
> box, all the non-graphics attachments /do/ give a warning,
> which is fine. I feel more secure this way.
>
> My connundrum is this: /all/ the graphics formats, /all/ of
> them, /except/ JPGs issue the warning before open, which again
> I like. However, /all/ the JPGs will automatically open in
> whatever app I have associated to them (usually that is Jasc's
> Paint Shop Pro 9.01.1).
>
> First, how do I get the JPGs to trigger the warning? Then, how
> do I get the radio button back as in SP1 allowing me to choose
> between "open" and "save"? Yes, there is a menu choice to
> "save attachments" but I like the SP1 way better.
>
> I remember seeing somewhere that the XP Registry contains a
> list of "safe" and "unsafe" file extensions which both IE6 and
> OE6 use to decide whether to warn me or not. But, alas, I
> cannot put my finger on that.
>
> I /have/ verified that warnings are fully turned on for /all/
> extensions, by looking at Explorer's Tools>Folder options>File
> types, but do not see anything at all amiss.
>
> Surely I am missing something easy here, but I have searched
> for hours in the MS KB using all possible search strings to no
> avail. Ditto for Google.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> --
> ATM, aka Jerry
>
> "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately
> explained by stupidity!" - Hanlon's Razor


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