Attachment opens in wrong program

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Lene

After I changed computer and try to open an attachment
(word doc) from an e-mail it uses a wrong program.
(Office XP) I have checked and doc documents are
associated to use Word to open with.
If I save the attachment first, it has no problem opening
the document with Word, but not if I try to open it in
the mail.
Any idea what might be wrong.
Lene
 
With what does it open otherwise?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3
 
It uses Windows picture and fax viewer, but cannot show
anything as it is a text file, and it opens correctly
when I open it after I have saved it first.
I cannot understand the difference from opening directly
from Outlook and opening in explorer
-----Original Message-----
With what does it open otherwise?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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After I changed computer and try to open an attachment
(word doc) from an e-mail it uses a wrong program.
(Office XP) I have checked and doc documents are
associated to use Word to open with.
If I save the attachment first, it has no problem opening
the document with Word, but not if I try to open it in
the mail.
Any idea what might be wrong.
Lene


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When you rightclick the file from within Explorer and choose Open With...
what applications are mentioned here?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

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Lene said:
It uses Windows picture and fax viewer, but cannot show
anything as it is a text file, and it opens correctly
when I open it after I have saved it first.
I cannot understand the difference from opening directly
from Outlook and opening in explorer
-----Original Message-----
With what does it open otherwise?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-Backup and Restore
-Create an Office XP CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 3

-----
After I changed computer and try to open an attachment
(word doc) from an e-mail it uses a wrong program.
(Office XP) I have checked and doc documents are
associated to use Word to open with.
If I save the attachment first, it has no problem opening
the document with Word, but not if I try to open it in
the mail.
Any idea what might be wrong.
Lene


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