cannot execute command / kan de opdracht niet uitvoeren

[Bezichtig.nu]

I'll write this question in english to reach a larger public, although this
is a problem I have with windows mail on a x64 dutch vista.

Whenever I try to open an attachment in Windows Mail when I specifically
open it by clicking on it from the list with email items, I'm getting this
error: "Cannot execute command"

When I try to do the same by clicking on the message so it displays a
preview in the preview window, and then clicking on the paper clip icon, it
doesn't show a message, but nothing happens.

It doesn't matter how small/large the attachments are nor what their file
type is....

I can save any attachment, neither approaches give me problems with that.
But opening them won't work...

This is really inconvenient, because I have to save the attachments to a
temp folder all the time, before being able to open them by using Windows
Explorer.

I tried messing around with the security settings, even tried to change them
directly by manipulating the values in the registry, but got no result.

Also I searched on the internet for people with the exact same problem, but
was unsuccesful :-(

I hope somebody has a neat suggestion that really works!

 

[Chris Jolly]

Uninstall IE8 or switch to Windows Live Mail ( http://download.live.com )
Or just do the standard save attachment as

Chris

 

[Kick]

That's a known issue which is affecting some who installed IE8.
One workaround is to uninstall IE8, which reverts you back to IE7.
Even without uninstalling IE8 you can make it work for all but TXT and
JPG attachments by doing the following:

Right-click on the shortcut that you use to open Windows Mail.
Select Properties. In the field labeled 'Start in' change the entered
value to %UserProfile%. Click OK. Restart Windows Mail and try opening
attachments.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

If you are going to quote me verbatim, common courtesy says that
there should be some attribution.

 

[Kick]

I am sorry Gary, I wasn't aware of that. Ik just wanted to be helpfull on the
Dutch part of this site.