Cannot open PDF attachments

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Best

For some reason, in Windows Mail, PDF documents sent as attachments are no
longer able to be opened. I have to save them first (save attachments), then
navigate to the file in windows explorer.
This just started a couple of weeks ago, and I can't seem to see a solution.
Any thoughts?
 
VistaRookie said:
You can try this and see if it works for you.
Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows
Vista:
'Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows
Vista' (http://tinyurl.com/27mzp3)
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*Thanks. There were 10 files there referencing PDF, so no sure which one to
tamper with. Maybe I should e-mail the provider?
 
Best said:
For some reason, in Windows Mail, PDF documents sent as attachments
are no longer able to be opened. I have to save them first (save
attachments), then navigate to the file in windows explorer.
This just started a couple of weeks ago, and I can't seem to see a
solution. Any thoughts?
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Did you upgrade to IE8?

Rainald
 
Best said:
*I have it, but am currently using FF.
Click to expand...

Thanks fro the reply.
My question was not aiming at the currently used favorite browser.
It was just about whether IE8 is *INSTALLED*.

As to my experience installing IE8 causes serious troubles with opening
attachments in WinMail.

Rainald
 
VistaRookie said:
You can try this and see if it works for you.
Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows
Vista:
'Unable to open .PPS attachments directly from Windows Mail in Windows
Vista' (http://tinyurl.com/27mzp3)
Click to expand...

The problem appears with all types of files. IE8 is the culprit!
It's not a problem with file-associations as you have seem to have had
in mind.

Rainald
 
Best said:
For some reason, in Windows Mail, PDF documents sent as
attachments are no longer able to be opened. I have to save them
first (save attachments), then navigate to the file in windows
explorer.
This just started a couple of weeks ago, and I can't seem to
see a solution. Any thoughts?

Did you upgrade to IE8?

*I have it, but am currently using FF.

Thanks fro the reply.
My question was not aiming at the currently used favorite browser.
It was just about whether IE8 is *INSTALLED*.

As to my experience installing IE8 causes serious troubles with
opening attachments in WinMail.

*I wonder if uninstalling, or downgrading, will help? Any experience
with that?
Click to expand...

If it would really be the IE8 problem (and not one of the "known
problems" with Adobe [especially Reader vs. Acrobat]), putting the
system back to IE7 by uninstalling IE8 should do the job.
Click to expand...

* Bingo! I uninstalled IE8, and now everything works fine. Thanks for
all the suggestions. Microsoft must have had a lot of other problems
with it, as they had a site dedicated to the "uninstall'. Worked
seamlessly.
Click to expand...

Thanks fro the feedback.
Good to hear that it works now.

Rainald
 
I am having a similar problem but I do not have IE8 yet (still on IE7). I
can't open attachments at all.

Gary VanderMolen said:
For others who may be interested in the IE8 uninstall procedure,
see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


Best said:
Rainald Taesler said:
Best wrote:

For some reason, in Windows Mail, PDF documents sent as
attachments are no longer able to be opened. I have to save them
first (save attachments), then navigate to the file in windows
explorer.
This just started a couple of weeks ago, and I can't seem to see a
solution. Any thoughts?

Did you upgrade to IE8?

*I have it, but am currently using FF.

Thanks fro the reply.
My question was not aiming at the currently used favorite browser.
It was just about whether IE8 is *INSTALLED*.

As to my experience installing IE8 causes serious troubles with
opening attachments in WinMail.

*I wonder if uninstalling, or downgrading, will help? Any experience
with that?

If it would really be the IE8 problem (and not one of the "known
problems" with Adobe [especially Reader vs. Acrobat]), putting the
system back to IE7 by uninstalling IE8 should do the job.
Click to expand...
* Bingo! I uninstalled IE8, and now everything works fine. Thanks for all
the suggestions. Microsoft must have had a lot of other problems with it, as
they had a site dedicated to the "uninstall'. Worked seamlessly.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Did you try
http://www.winhelponline.com/articl...ectly-from-Windows-Mail-in-Windows-Vista.html



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Karon said:
I am having a similar problem but I do not have IE8 yet (still on IE7). I
can't open attachments at all.

Gary VanderMolen said:
For others who may be interested in the IE8 uninstall procedure,
see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


Best said:
Best wrote:

For some reason, in Windows Mail, PDF documents sent as
attachments are no longer able to be opened. I have to save them
first (save attachments), then navigate to the file in windows
explorer.
This just started a couple of weeks ago, and I can't seem to see
a
solution. Any thoughts?

Did you upgrade to IE8?

*I have it, but am currently using FF.

Thanks fro the reply.
My question was not aiming at the currently used favorite browser.
It was just about whether IE8 is *INSTALLED*.

As to my experience installing IE8 causes serious troubles with
opening attachments in WinMail.

*I wonder if uninstalling, or downgrading, will help? Any experience
with that?

If it would really be the IE8 problem (and not one of the "known
problems" with Adobe [especially Reader vs. Acrobat]), putting the
system back to IE7 by uninstalling IE8 should do the job.
* Bingo! I uninstalled IE8, and now everything works fine. Thanks for
all
the suggestions. Microsoft must have had a lot of other problems with
it, as
they had a site dedicated to the "uninstall'. Worked seamlessly.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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