I had the same problem. I googled a lot of experts who usually said to
uninstall IE8. However, one guy said to be sure the email shortcut I was
using has "%UserProfile%" for it's "start in" location. When I checked the
shortcut I was using I found no "start in" option. So I made another
shortcut and it had that option. Now everything works great!
I had the same problem after I updated from IE7 to IE8. I used a previous
Vista restore point to get back to IE7 and now the attachments open again. I
have no idea why my web browser upgrade messed up my e-mail program but it
did. I suspect that some of the security settings may have changed.
Apparently Microsoft wants us to go from the Vista Mail program to a
different mail program (Windows Live?) and they weren't worried that IE8
messed up the Vista Mail program.
The answer below may be a better solution but I'm reporting what I did and
it worked.
That's a known issue that is affecting some who installed IE8.
One workaround is to uninstall IE8, which reverts you back to IE7.
If you decide to uninstall IE8, follow these instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700
Instead of uninstalling IE8, another option is to upgrade
your email program to Windows Live Mail: http://download.live.com/wlmail
I had the same problem. I googled a lot of experts who usually said
to uninstall IE8. However, one guy said to be sure the email
shortcut I was using has "%UserProfile%" for it's "start in"
location. When I checked the shortcut I was using I found no "start
in" option. So I made another shortcut and it had that option. Now
everything works great!
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