Problems saving attachments -- lose association

[Guest]

I'm running Office 07.

when i try to save a file that's an attachment to an email, the "Save As"
window eventually appears. If i simply click to save, the file saves with
the right extension (.doc or .xls or whatever), even though the extension
does not appear in the file name box. if, however, i change the name of the
file, then the extension gets lost, and so the file gets saved without an
extension (and of course without an association).

I think the problem comes because the "Save as Type" box reads "All Files"
rather than the file type that the extension would indicate

I doubt there's any fix that i can do, but if there is i'd certainly welcome
it. in meantime, i hope MS folks will see, because this is annoying behavior.
--
Bob

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[Guest]

Hi Rugger,

This most likely has no relevance as I'm running Office 2003 , but mine
doesn't do what you describe. So long as I keep the .doc extension or
whatever it might be, when I change the name of the file - all is well.