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Kozmo
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      14th Apr 2007
I get the message "The system cannot find the file specified" whenever I try
to send or forward an email with an attachment or embedded file via OL2000
on an XP machine.



Brian Tillman and F.H. Muffman have helped on this on a previous thread -
some of this progress is thanks to them. I'm condensing that thread and
casting the net again.



I recently reformatted my HD and reinstalled everything. The problem started
shortly after that.

The problem occurs whether I attach or embed a file. A file is sent and can
be opened but it is empty. I have tried sending from different locations
including Desktop. I can open the files fine in their applications and I can
even open the file fine from the email embedment before I send it.



After I reinstalled Office I did an Outlook settings backup recovery to try
to get my settings back that had been saved before the reformat. That
recovery failed and caused my machine to hang up at the time. Then I rolled
the XP settings back.



F.H. Muffman suggested I make sure OutlookSecureTempFolder key in something
like hkey_current_user\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Security. That
registry path does not exist; I search for OutlookSecureTempFolder in the
registry and find nothing. That path does exist on another machine of mine
with similar installations of Office 2k and XP. The Security folder and
about a dozen other registry folders on the other machine do not exist on
the machine with the problem.



I have scanned for viri with three virus/spyware/malware scanners and have
McAfee Security System active. I have temporarily disabled McAfee firewall
to see if it would help; no change. I don't use XP firewall.

I have done Office "detect and repair" twice. The program runs successfully
but there is no change.

I have uninstalled and re-installed Office. Again, no change.

Finally, I have uninstalled Office, ran RegistryMechanic from PCTools,
reinstalled Office. No change.



I'm frustrated (nothing new). Any ideas what to try next?

Thanks - Kozmo


 
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Roady [MVP]
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      14th Apr 2007
If your virus scanner integrates with Outlook disable this integration and
try again.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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"Kozmo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I get the message "The system cannot find the file specified" whenever I
>try to send or forward an email with an attachment or embedded file via
>OL2000 on an XP machine.
>
>
>
> Brian Tillman and F.H. Muffman have helped on this on a previous thread -
> some of this progress is thanks to them. I'm condensing that thread and
> casting the net again.
>
>
>
> I recently reformatted my HD and reinstalled everything. The problem
> started shortly after that.
>
> The problem occurs whether I attach or embed a file. A file is sent and
> can be opened but it is empty. I have tried sending from different
> locations including Desktop. I can open the files fine in their
> applications and I can even open the file fine from the email embedment
> before I send it.
>
>
>
> After I reinstalled Office I did an Outlook settings backup recovery to
> try to get my settings back that had been saved before the reformat. That
> recovery failed and caused my machine to hang up at the time. Then I
> rolled the XP settings back.
>
>
>
> F.H. Muffman suggested I make sure OutlookSecureTempFolder key in
> something like
> hkey_current_user\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Security. That
> registry path does not exist; I search for OutlookSecureTempFolder in the
> registry and find nothing. That path does exist on another machine of mine
> with similar installations of Office 2k and XP. The Security folder and
> about a dozen other registry folders on the other machine do not exist on
> the machine with the problem.
>
>
>
> I have scanned for viri with three virus/spyware/malware scanners and have
> McAfee Security System active. I have temporarily disabled McAfee firewall
> to see if it would help; no change. I don't use XP firewall.
>
> I have done Office "detect and repair" twice. The program runs
> successfully but there is no change.
>
> I have uninstalled and re-installed Office. Again, no change.
>
> Finally, I have uninstalled Office, ran RegistryMechanic from PCTools,
> reinstalled Office. No change.
>
>
>
> I'm frustrated (nothing new). Any ideas what to try next?
>
> Thanks - Kozmo
>


 
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Kozmo
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      15th Apr 2007
I'm not sure what you mean by "integrates." I use McAfee. It scan incoming
and outgoing emails. I temporarily stop email scanning and send an email
with an attachment. No change.



"Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote in
message news:FE795FFA-894E-4C18-883F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> If your virus scanner integrates with Outlook disable this integration and
> try again.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> -----
> "Kozmo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I get the message "The system cannot find the file specified" whenever I
>>try to send or forward an email with an attachment or embedded file via
>>OL2000 on an XP machine.
>>
>>
>>
>> Brian Tillman and F.H. Muffman have helped on this on a previous thread -
>> some of this progress is thanks to them. I'm condensing that thread and
>> casting the net again.
>>
>>
>>
>> I recently reformatted my HD and reinstalled everything. The problem
>> started shortly after that.
>>
>> The problem occurs whether I attach or embed a file. A file is sent and
>> can be opened but it is empty. I have tried sending from different
>> locations including Desktop. I can open the files fine in their
>> applications and I can even open the file fine from the email embedment
>> before I send it.
>>
>>
>>
>> After I reinstalled Office I did an Outlook settings backup recovery to
>> try to get my settings back that had been saved before the reformat. That
>> recovery failed and caused my machine to hang up at the time. Then I
>> rolled the XP settings back.
>>
>>
>>
>> F.H. Muffman suggested I make sure OutlookSecureTempFolder key in
>> something like
>> hkey_current_user\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Security. That
>> registry path does not exist; I search for OutlookSecureTempFolder in the
>> registry and find nothing. That path does exist on another machine of
>> mine with similar installations of Office 2k and XP. The Security folder
>> and about a dozen other registry folders on the other machine do not
>> exist on the machine with the problem.
>>
>>
>>
>> I have scanned for viri with three virus/spyware/malware scanners and
>> have McAfee Security System active. I have temporarily disabled McAfee
>> firewall to see if it would help; no change. I don't use XP firewall.
>>
>> I have done Office "detect and repair" twice. The program runs
>> successfully but there is no change.
>>
>> I have uninstalled and re-installed Office. Again, no change.
>>
>> Finally, I have uninstalled Office, ran RegistryMechanic from PCTools,
>> reinstalled Office. No change.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm frustrated (nothing new). Any ideas what to try next?
>>
>> Thanks - Kozmo
>>

>



 
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Kozmo
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      15th Apr 2007
I forgot to mention that the problem happens regardless of how I attach a
file. It also happens whenever I try to forward an email with an attachment.

Kozmo



"Kozmo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I get the message "The system cannot find the file specified" whenever I
>try to send or forward an email with an attachment or embedded file via
>OL2000 on an XP machine.
>
>
>
> Brian Tillman and F.H. Muffman have helped on this on a previous thread -
> some of this progress is thanks to them. I'm condensing that thread and
> casting the net again.
>
>
>
> I recently reformatted my HD and reinstalled everything. The problem
> started shortly after that.
>
> The problem occurs whether I attach or embed a file. A file is sent and
> can be opened but it is empty. I have tried sending from different
> locations including Desktop. I can open the files fine in their
> applications and I can even open the file fine from the email embedment
> before I send it.
>
>
>
> After I reinstalled Office I did an Outlook settings backup recovery to
> try to get my settings back that had been saved before the reformat. That
> recovery failed and caused my machine to hang up at the time. Then I
> rolled the XP settings back.
>
>
>
> F.H. Muffman suggested I make sure OutlookSecureTempFolder key in
> something like
> hkey_current_user\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Security. That
> registry path does not exist; I search for OutlookSecureTempFolder in the
> registry and find nothing. That path does exist on another machine of mine
> with similar installations of Office 2k and XP. The Security folder and
> about a dozen other registry folders on the other machine do not exist on
> the machine with the problem.
>
>
>
> I have scanned for viri with three virus/spyware/malware scanners and have
> McAfee Security System active. I have temporarily disabled McAfee firewall
> to see if it would help; no change. I don't use XP firewall.
>
> I have done Office "detect and repair" twice. The program runs
> successfully but there is no change.
>
> I have uninstalled and re-installed Office. Again, no change.
>
> Finally, I have uninstalled Office, ran RegistryMechanic from PCTools,
> reinstalled Office. No change.
>
>
>
> I'm frustrated (nothing new). Any ideas what to try next?
>
> Thanks - Kozmo
>



 
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Roady [MVP]
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      15th Apr 2007
Integration means that it has an add-in that ties into Outlook. Merely
disabling the scan function isn't enough. See the documentation of McAfee on
how to disable the integration completely.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

-----
"Kozmo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:u%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm not sure what you mean by "integrates." I use McAfee. It scan incoming
> and outgoing emails. I temporarily stop email scanning and send an email
> with an attachment. No change.
>
>
>
> "Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote
> in message news:FE795FFA-894E-4C18-883F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> If your virus scanner integrates with Outlook disable this integration
>> and try again.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
>> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
>> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>>
>> -----
>> "Kozmo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I get the message "The system cannot find the file specified" whenever I
>>>try to send or forward an email with an attachment or embedded file via
>>>OL2000 on an XP machine.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Brian Tillman and F.H. Muffman have helped on this on a previous
>>> thread - some of this progress is thanks to them. I'm condensing that
>>> thread and casting the net again.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I recently reformatted my HD and reinstalled everything. The problem
>>> started shortly after that.
>>>
>>> The problem occurs whether I attach or embed a file. A file is sent and
>>> can be opened but it is empty. I have tried sending from different
>>> locations including Desktop. I can open the files fine in their
>>> applications and I can even open the file fine from the email embedment
>>> before I send it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> After I reinstalled Office I did an Outlook settings backup recovery to
>>> try to get my settings back that had been saved before the reformat.
>>> That recovery failed and caused my machine to hang up at the time. Then
>>> I rolled the XP settings back.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> F.H. Muffman suggested I make sure OutlookSecureTempFolder key in
>>> something like
>>> hkey_current_user\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\Security. That
>>> registry path does not exist; I search for OutlookSecureTempFolder in
>>> the registry and find nothing. That path does exist on another machine
>>> of mine with similar installations of Office 2k and XP. The Security
>>> folder and about a dozen other registry folders on the other machine do
>>> not exist on the machine with the problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I have scanned for viri with three virus/spyware/malware scanners and
>>> have McAfee Security System active. I have temporarily disabled McAfee
>>> firewall to see if it would help; no change. I don't use XP firewall.
>>>
>>> I have done Office "detect and repair" twice. The program runs
>>> successfully but there is no change.
>>>
>>> I have uninstalled and re-installed Office. Again, no change.
>>>
>>> Finally, I have uninstalled Office, ran RegistryMechanic from PCTools,
>>> reinstalled Office. No change.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm frustrated (nothing new). Any ideas what to try next?
>>>
>>> Thanks - Kozmo
>>>

>>

>
>


 
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