Attached Word documents in Windows Mail

[Michael, Coventry]

I use Windows Mail and Vista. When I receive an attached Word document,
Windows Mail does not let me open it, saying I need to create an association.
But when I checked, the association HAS been set between .doc files and Word.
I can view the documents by saving them then opening them using Word, but
it's a real pain!

 

[Opinicus]

I can view the documents by saving them then opening them using Word, but
it's a real pain!

But as a precaution It's A Good Idea. When you open a Word document from
within the mail program, the only copy of it on your system goes into the
Internet cache, which gets flushed from time to time. I know quite a few
people who've lost documents this way.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Try this fix:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...ectly-from-Windows-Mail-in-Windows-Vista.html

Make sure you don't absentmindedly start editing a document that has
been opened from within Windows Mail because you will lose all your
edits.

 

[PHIL]

On our old system (XP) when writing an email we would just put in the 1st
couple letters of someone's address & it would fill out the rest
automatically. Now with Vista this does not happen. we have gone into
Tools & checked the box for automatically filling in addresses, but still it
does not work.

 

[Dave]

The auto-complete in Windows Mail doesn't work correctly.. and when it does,
it only recalls the last 29 addresses.

It does work correctly in the newer Windows Live Mail.

 

[Michael, Coventry]

Gary

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the fix didn't work. Neither did
reinstalling Office, as suggested by the Microsoft Support site.

Michael

Try this fix:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...ectly-from-Windows-Mail-in-Windows-Vista.html

Make sure you don't absentmindedly start editing a document that has
been opened from within Windows Mail because you will lose all your
edits.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

I use Windows Mail and Vista. When I receive an attached Word document,
Windows Mail does not let me open it, saying I need to create an association.
But when I checked, the association HAS been set between .doc files and Word.
I can view the documents by saving them then opening them using Word, but
it's a real pain!

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Sorry to hear that the fix did not work for you.
I don't have any other suggestions, except that you can try
upgrading to Windows Live Mail.
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

Gary

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, the fix didn't work. Neither did
reinstalling Office, as suggested by the Microsoft Support site.

Michael

Try this fix:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...ectly-from-Windows-Mail-in-Windows-Vista.html

Make sure you don't absentmindedly start editing a document that has
been opened from within Windows Mail because you will lose all your
edits.

--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

I use Windows Mail and Vista. When I receive an attached Word document,
Windows Mail does not let me open it, saying I need to create an association.
But when I checked, the association HAS been set between .doc files and Word.
I can view the documents by saving them then opening them using Word, but
it's a real pain!