Greetings, I regularly receive an email from someone with an .xls
attachment. I know that I can save the file and then open it through
excel, but I was wondering if there is a way to change the "open with"
association, so I can just right click and open it without saving it?

When I right click the attachment, it doesn't give me the 'open with'
option, and if I just open the file, it opens in .txt (for some
reason?) and is a bunch of garbledygook.

thanks!

This is a function of Windows and not an issue with Outlook. You'll have to
set the .xls extension to open with Excel in Windows Explorer.


"healingvibration" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:34bd44ff-d313-432f-8f94-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Greetings, I regularly receive an email from someone with an .xls
> attachment. I know that I can save the file and then open it through
> excel, but I was wondering if there is a way to change the "open with"
> association, so I can just right click and open it without saving it?
>
> When I right click the attachment, it doesn't give me the 'open with'
> option, and if I just open the file, it opens in .txt (for some
> reason?) and is a bunch of garbledygook.
>
> thanks!

"healingvibration" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:34bd44ff-d313-432f-8f94-(E-Mail Removed)...

> Greetings, I regularly receive an email from someone with an .xls
> attachment. I know that I can save the file and then open it through
> excel, but I was wondering if there is a way to change the "open with"
> association, so I can just right click and open it without saving it?
>
> When I right click the attachment, it doesn't give me the 'open with'
> option, and if I just open the file, it opens in .txt (for some
> reason?) and is a bunch of garbledygook.

If you have properly installed Excel, it will open in Excel when you double
click it.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]