Re: Cannot Open Excel Files in OE 6

Bob, the .lnk extension is only a shortcut. The file has not been attached,
only the shortcut to it, so the file remains on YOUR computer and the
shortcut, naturally cannot point to your computer. Open the spread***,
save it to the desktop or some other place and then navigate to the saved
file and attach IT to your email. That should do the trick.

"batz38" <batz38@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6D5DFDC2-893B-49E8-8358-9B9271F3C629@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello,
> I am hoping that someone will be able to help me. I am sending
> an excel spread*** from my home PC to my work PC, but for some
> reason I cannot open it. I also noticed, that there is an extension
> of lnk added to the end of the .xls. Now the PC at work is running
> Lotus Notes, and I even tried to send it to my other PC at home that
> is running Outlook. They both show up with the .xls.lnk and in
> Outlook I get the message " Outlook blocked access to the following
> potentially unsafe attachment: GROUP MANAGERS April25.xls.lnk". As
> you can see it added that lnk to the end. At home I am running XP
> Home Edition SP2 on the PC that is using OE Express 6.0 and the other
> PC is running XP Professional SP2, and both are using Symantec
> Anti-Virus Corporate Edition. I looked throughout all of the other
> posts, and I tried everything they listed. Any help would be a
> ppreciated. Thanks, Bob


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