cannot open recieved pictures

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Guest

I recieved pictures with this file type
=?ISO_8859-1?Q?05-12-03_PL=E4tzchen_backen_041=2Ejpg?= I ccnnot open them
I get error message: The application used to open this file may not be
working or may be missing. Would you like to save the file instead? I
cannot save the file either.
 
J

John Inzer

rasshel said:
I recieved pictures with this file type
=?ISO_8859-1?Q?05-12-03_PL=E4tzchen_backen_041=2Ejpg?=
I ccnnot open them I get error message: The
application used to open this file may not be working or
may be missing. Would you like to save the file instead?
I cannot save the file either.
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What happens if you try to save it to
your desktop?

If you know who sent the file, ask them
to rename it to something more sensible
and resend it.

If you do not know who sent it...delete
the message and be glad you could not
open it.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
 
M

Michael J. Mahon

rasshel said:
I recieved pictures with this file type
=?ISO_8859-1?Q?05-12-03_PL=E4tzchen_backen_041=2Ejpg?= I ccnnot open them
I get error message: The application used to open this file may not be
working or may be missing. Would you like to save the file instead? I
cannot save the file either.

The file name has been "HTML-ized" by converting special characters
to "=<decimal ascii value>". For example, =2E represents ASCII 2E,
or period.

If you rename the file with a .jpg suffix, then it will open fine.

-michael

Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/

"The wastebasket is our most important design
tool--and it is seriously underused."
 

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