Re: Can't Open or Save Attachments - Another case

From: Jim Pickering (jimp_at_mvps.0rg)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 15:20:25 -0800

To be able to open those type of files, you need to lower your security
settings. Open Internet Explorer, click Tools/Internet Options/Security tab
and in the Internet Zone, click Custom and reset the security level to
medium or lower. Apply, then test it. Should be able to open those file
types then. You can reset the security settings later to keep yourself in a
maximum zone of protection. 

-- 
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
Please reply to newsgroup only.
"VManes" <vmanes@N0SP&Mrap.midco.net> wrote in message 
news:MrmdnUvK8egY9WDcRVn-jg@midco.net...
>
>
> "Bruce Hagen" <...
> <snip>
>
>> Happy to see someone got relief from this problem.  I posted about
>> this a
>> few weeks ago, except for me the blocked file types are .exe and
>> .url.
>> There is no file association for .exe , but I tried applying your
>> solution
>> to the .url side of it by making IE my default browser again. - No
>> joy.
>>
>>>
>
> You don't mention the things you tried. Since you are using SP2, have
> you checked the link about the attachment manager? Both .exe and .url
> file types are considered high risk. See:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883260
> -- 
>     Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP - (IE/OE)
>        ~IB-CA~
>
> Bruce, I believe I've tried all the remedies previously described other 
> than
> unistalling SP2 (I really don't want to go that far back, not yet.  I'll
> save that for when I rebuild the whole system.)  I've reset the .url
> association as Frank suggesting in another reply, no change.
>
> Is Attachment Manager an app that one can run directly?  In Folder
> Options/File Types, .exe isn't even listed, so there's nowhere to do
> anything about that.  The fact that I Windows absolutely forbids me to 
> even
> save the attachments is wrong!  On other machines I've had "unsafe"
> attachments save fine, and be "blocked" from running until I explicitly
> remove the block in the file's properties.  I can live with that.
>
> You can see examples of the error/warning messages I get when trying to 
> run
> .exe or .url attachments, or when trying to save either type at:
> www.rapidnet.com/~valmanes/error1.jpg
> www.rapidnet.com/~valmanes/error2.jpg
> www.rapidnet.com/~valmanes/error3.jpg
>
> These seem to be Windows actions, not OE.
>
>
>
>

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