Re: Default EMail Attachment Setting

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From: Southern Discomfort (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:19:49 -0800

Your suggestion worked for each of the individual types of
files, except for .eml files. When the "Open With" dialog
box comes up when I try to open a .eml file, the only
program that seems to work is Notepad. This is the problem
that I am having-- when someone forwards an attachment to
me, it comes through as an .eml file. When I try to open
these files with IE, I just get a File-Not-Found error.
What I need to know is, with what program I should be
opening .eml files that people forward to me.>-----
Original Message-----
>OK, that suggests that when you selected Notepad to open
a particular file,
>you also put a check in the box to 'always use this
program to open this
>type of file.' What you will need to do is reset the
associations for the
>files involved. Find a doc file and Shift+Right click on
it, selecting
>"Open With" vs. "Open" and choose MS Word (making sure
the check is there at
>the bottom of the page). Do the same thing with other
file types, selecting
>in those cases an appropriate program (i.e., for most
graphics, use Internet
>Explorer) for xls, use Excel, etc.
>
>That should fix the problem. Good luck.
>--
>Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
>Please reply only to newsgroup.
>
>
>"Southern Discomfort"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:b95b01c40bc2$558c3730$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> Jim,
>>
>> This problem occurs for all types of attachments,
>> including .doc, .xls, .jpg, .gif, and others.
>>
>> Actually, this started happening after I had a virus on
my
>> computer. This virus had hijacked my "mailroot" folder
and
>> was using this folder to send out spam. I accessed this
>> folder under C:/Inetpub/mailroot/Queue,/Pickup, /Drop,
>> and /Badmail. I then clicked on one of the spam messages
>> that my computer had sent out, and I received the "Open
>> With" dialog box. I chose Notepad, so that I could
analyze
>> the header information. I finally solved this spam/virus
>> problem by disabling my mail program and requiring a
>> password for logging onto my computer. However, ever
since
>> then, every time someone sends me a forwarded message,
>> whether it be a Word document, an Excel spread***, or
>> photos, I receive these attachments as Notepad
documents.
>> If they send these attachments to me directly, however,
>> they come to me in their proper form. Any ideas??
Thanks.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>The program used to open a specific attachment will
>> depend on the type of
>>>file extension of the attachment. What type of files
are
>> you attempting to
>>>open (i.e., what is the extension of these files) and
>> when did they start
>>>opening in Notepad.
>>>
>>>Have you recently installed any software that may be the
>> contributing factor
>>>to the problem?
>>>--
>>>Jim Pickering, MVP-Outlook Express
>>>Please reply only to newsgroup.
>>>
>>>
>>>"Southern Discomfort"
>> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>news:dc0001c40b01$e3ef4c40$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> To clarify my problem: I only have this problem with
>>>> messages that are forwarded to me. If someone sends me
>> an
>>>> email with an attachment directly, I receive the
>>>> attachment in its proper form. However, if someone
>>>> forwards an email with an attachment to me, the
>> attachment
>>>> always defaults to Notepad.
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>When I receive an email with an attachment, regardless
>> of
>>>>>whether the attachment is actually a Word document, an
>>>>>Excel spread***, a photo, or whatever, my OE6
>>>>>automatically converts the attachment to a Notepad
file;
>>>> I
>>>>>want to know how I can change this... (I am using
>> Windows
>>>>>2000 Pro).
>>>>>.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>.
>

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