Opening Attachments

G

Guest

When I attempt to open a .doc attachment, I am told the file has no
association and I should create one in 'Set associations Control Panel' I can
find this control panel. The attachment window is not providing the familiar
'open as' option but I can save the .doc and then open it as a word document.
however i want to be able to open it directly from 'mail' as I used to to do
with 'outlook'. Can anyone help?
Thanks
 
G

Guest

i am having the same problem. i cannot find the set associations control
panel. can you help with that?
 
C

Carmine Castiglia

sue said:
i am having the same problem. i cannot find the set associations control
panel. can you help with that?

The simplest way to fix this might be (note: might) to open Word then click
Help -> Detect and Repair. Among other things, this should restore all
applicable file associations.

I'm curious - are these Windows Vista upgraded PC's or new PC's which came
with Vista pre-installed? If upgrades, was Office/Word previously installed
or added after the upgrade?

Carmine Castiglia
http://www.infosystemspro.com
PalmOS apps for engineers and machinists
 
G

Guest

Carmine Castiglia said:
The simplest way to fix this might be (note: might) to open Word then click
Help -> Detect and Repair. Among other things, this should restore all
applicable file associations.

I'm curious - are these Windows Vista upgraded PC's or new PC's which came
with Vista pre-installed? If upgrades, was Office/Word previously installed
or added after the upgrade?

Carmine Castiglia
http://www.infosystemspro.com
PalmOS apps for engineers and machinists
 
G

Guest

I'm having the same problem. I found the set associations control panel and
the file I was trying to open was there (pps). All it said was if I wanted
to change what a file opened with to click change. I didn't want to change
it, I wanted to open it in Power Point; which was the file extension in the
e-mail. By the way, I have a computer with Vista Premium that was original
with the computer.
 
G

Guest

JR said:
When I attempt to open a .doc attachment, I am told the file has no
association and I should create one in 'Set associations Control Panel' I can
find this control panel. The attachment window is not providing the familiar
'open as' option but I can save the .doc and then open it as a word document.
however i want to be able to open it directly from 'mail' as I used to to do
with 'outlook'. Can anyone help?
Thanks
 
G

Guest

I have exactly the same problem, Compaq Presario with Vista Premium pre
installed, Office 2003 loaded afterwards. Unable to open Word attachments, if
saved to desktop can be opened. File associations appear correct .eml for
email and .doc for documents.
Perhaps somebody can help ? I have tried Word, Help, Detect & Repair and all
ok
but problem persists
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/149/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I'm having the same problem. I found the set associations control panel and
the file I was trying to open was there (pps). All it said was if I wanted
to change what a file opened with to click change. I didn't want to change
it, I wanted to open it in Power Point; which was the file extension in the
e-mail. By the way, I have a computer with Vista Premium that was original
with the computer.
 
G

Guest

Ramesh, Thanks
My problem is with Word in Office 2003, attachments will not open directly
in Windows Mail. Is there a fix?
JOL

Ramesh said:
Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/149/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I'm having the same problem. I found the set associations control panel and
the file I was trying to open was there (pps). All it said was if I wanted
to change what a file opened with to click change. I didn't want to change
it, I wanted to open it in Power Point; which was the file extension in the
e-mail. By the way, I have a computer with Vista Premium that was original
with the computer.

Carmine Castiglia said:
The simplest way to fix this might be (note: might) to open Word then click
Help -> Detect and Repair. Among other things, this should restore all
applicable file associations.

I'm curious - are these Windows Vista upgraded PC's or new PC's which came
with Vista pre-installed? If upgrades, was Office/Word previously installed
or added after the upgrade?

Carmine Castiglia
http://www.infosystemspro.com
PalmOS apps for engineers and machinists
 
R

Ramesh, MS-MVP

Hi JOL,

Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

Unzip the utility and extract the files to Desktop.
Right-click "FileExtInfo.exe" and choose "Run as Administrator"
Select .DOC file type from the list and generate a file association report.
Post the contents here.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ramesh, Thanks
My problem is with Word in Office 2003, attachments will not open directly
in Windows Mail. Is there a fix?
JOL

Ramesh said:
Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/149/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I'm having the same problem. I found the set associations control panel and
the file I was trying to open was there (pps). All it said was if I wanted
to change what a file opened with to click change. I didn't want to change
it, I wanted to open it in Power Point; which was the file extension in the
e-mail. By the way, I have a computer with Vista Premium that was original
with the computer.

Carmine Castiglia said:
The simplest way to fix this might be (note: might) to open Word then click
Help -> Detect and Repair. Among other things, this should restore all
applicable file associations.

I'm curious - are these Windows Vista upgraded PC's or new PC's which came
with Vista pre-installed? If upgrades, was Office/Word previously installed
or added after the upgrade?

Carmine Castiglia
http://www.infosystemspro.com
PalmOS apps for engineers and machinists
 
G

Guest

Ramesh,
Thanks for info, I will try that.
Please note that, Powerpoint and Excel attachments open directly from Winows
Mail

Ramesh said:
Hi JOL,

Download FileExtInfo.zip from here:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

Unzip the utility and extract the files to Desktop.
Right-click "FileExtInfo.exe" and choose "Run as Administrator"
Select .DOC file type from the list and generate a file association report.
Post the contents here.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Ramesh, Thanks
My problem is with Word in Office 2003, attachments will not open directly
in Windows Mail. Is there a fix?
JOL

Ramesh said:
Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/149/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I'm having the same problem. I found the set associations control panel and
the file I was trying to open was there (pps). All it said was if I wanted
to change what a file opened with to click change. I didn't want to change
it, I wanted to open it in Power Point; which was the file extension in the
e-mail. By the way, I have a computer with Vista Premium that was original
with the computer.

Carmine Castiglia said:
i am having the same problem. i cannot find the set associations control
panel. can you help with that?

:

When I attempt to open a .doc attachment, I am told the file has no
association and I should create one in 'Set associations Control Panel' I
can
find this control panel. The attachment window is not providing the
familiar
'open as' option but I can save the .doc and then open it as a word
document.
however i want to be able to open it directly from 'mail' as I used to to
do
with 'outlook'. Can anyone help?
Thanks

The simplest way to fix this might be (note: might) to open Word then click
Help -> Detect and Repair. Among other things, this should restore all
applicable file associations.

I'm curious - are these Windows Vista upgraded PC's or new PC's which came
with Vista pre-installed? If upgrades, was Office/Word previously installed
or added after the upgrade?

Carmine Castiglia
http://www.infosystemspro.com
PalmOS apps for engineers and machinists
 
G

Guest

I too have this problem, although it only started recently. Perhaps since I
put Office 2003 on my new Compaq Presario computer that had Windows Vista
Home Premium installed on it? I can't think of anything else that's changed.
Has anyone been able to solve this problem? This is just one of many
frustrations I have found with Vista - I know (or have been told!) it's the
way forward but I long for my old XP - if only my old computer hadn't died!
 
G

Guest

Nell said:
I'm having the same problem. I found the set associations control panel and
the file I was trying to open was there (pps). All it said was if I wanted
to change what a file opened with to click change. I didn't want to change
it, I wanted to open it in Power Point; which was the file extension in the
e-mail. By the way, I have a computer with Vista Premium that was original
with the computer.
 

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