cannot receive certain files

[Guest]

Hi there!
I'm using messenger, and when a friend of mine tries to send me some mp3
songs, i get a pop-up message saying windows sp2 has detected that this file
might be harmful and has blocked access.
however, i can't find this file anywhere on my HD. it has a .mp3 extension

i've researched a tad into this, and it turns out its most likely the
windows sp2 attachment manager that is tagging this file as potentially
harmful. what I don't understand is why it deletes the file? i am supposed to
be able to right click on the file and set UNBLOCK, but the file dissapears
from My Received Files folder ..

I haven't found an easy to understand way how to make attachment manager
accept .MP3 files using messenger! I haven't had any problems receiving other
file types using messenger, nor have i had problems receiving mp3 files by
email either!

any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
mike

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Mike,

To fix this, download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg

You'll need to restart Messenger to see the change.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

 

[Guest]

Thank you! That solved my problem

mike

Greetings Mike,

To fix this, download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg

You'll need to restart Messenger to see the change.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Mike,

Excellent.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.