opening attachments

[chunt92106]

When I go to open an attachment, it tells me "The file does not have a
program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association
in the Set Associations control panel." I have no idea what that means or how
to find that control panel.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[crosspost to IE General]

Have you installed IE8?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed, is your
subscription current, and is it supported in IE8? What anti-spyware
applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
Were any of these applications running in the background when you installed
IE8?

Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this machine
(e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?

Is "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Vista (KB969897)"
listed in Installed Updates?

Just asking for now!! Do NOT use such a Restore Point yet!! => Do you have
an available Restore Point which predates the install of IE8?

If you do the following, does the behavior persist?

=> Start | All Programs | right-click on Windows Mail | select Properties
| Start in <=delete the value here (leaving it empty/blank) & OK your way
out.

NB: Uninstalling IE8 (cf. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700) should
resolve the behavior but you should not have encountered it in the first
place if IE8 was installed properly; cf.
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...er.general/browse_frm/thread/a17d79493eac253d

 

[chunt92106]

I have the openwith. I know files can only be opened with certain programs.
That is not the problem. It will not let me open them, even with the correct
program. (voice file with express scribe.)

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

That error message is misleading.
Is your problem limited to a certain file type, such as DOC or PPS?

Note that your issue has nothing to do with file associations or the
recent IE8-caused trouble with attachments.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Are you able to save the attachment, and then open the saved file
outside of Windows Mail?

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[Now it's crossposted to IE General]

[crosspost to IE General]

Have you installed IE8?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed, is your
subscription current, and is it supported in IE8? What anti-spyware
applications (other than Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)?
Were any of these applications running in the background when you
installed
IE8?

Has a Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this machine
(e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought it)?

Is "Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 8 for Vista
(KB969897)"
listed in Installed Updates?

Just asking for now!! Do NOT use such a Restore Point yet!! => Do you
have
an available Restore Point which predates the install of IE8?

If you do the following, does the behavior persist?

=> Start | All Programs | right-click on Windows Mail | select
Properties

Start in <=delete the value here (leaving it empty/blank) & OK your way
out.

NB: Uninstalling IE8 (cf. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700) should
resolve the behavior but you should not have encountered it in the first
place if IE8 was installed properly; cf.
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...er.general/browse_frm/thread/a17d79493eac253d

When I go to open an attachment, it tells me "The file does not have a
program associated with it for performing this action. Create an
association
in the Set Associations control panel." I have no idea what that means or
how to find that control panel.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you