emailing of an MS Word .doc file fails

[David SC]

I attached an MS Word .doc file to an email I was sending through Windows
Mail in Vista. Attaching was easy, but the email program would not recognize
the .doc file. Can anyone help?

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Can you explain what you mean by "the email program would not
recognize the .doc file"? Are you talking about the sender's email
program or the recipient's email program? What was the exact error
message?

 

[David SC]

I attached the .doc from MS Word successfully. When I hit "send" the file
was not recognized, and asked if I wanted to send the email without the
attached file.

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

I attached the .doc from MS Word successfully. When I hit "send" the file
was not recognized, and asked if I wanted to send the email without the
attached file.

This talks about unable to open DOC files, but might help here, too.
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...rectly-from-Windows-Mail-in-Windows-Vista.htm

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Make sure the file you were attaching was not open somewhere
else, like in Microsoft Word.
Also, go to Tools, Safety Options, Security, uncheck "Do not
allow attachments..."

 

[David SC]

For the benefit of others, the solution was not having the file I was
attaching open somewhere else. Thank you Gary!


Make sure the file you were attaching was not open somewhere
else, like in Microsoft Word.
Also, go to Tools, Safety Options, Security, uncheck "Do not
allow attachments..."

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

You're welcome, David.
Strangely enough, the newer Windows Live Mail does not have that
limitation, so it is not a Vista peculiarity.