Grady said:
Gary, in another post someone suggested to abandom opening email thru
the Start Icon and opening email from IE8. This works very well!!
click on Start, then the double arrows to the right opening IE8.
Then click on "mail"! ...........
This method works for most file types (Office files, PDFs etc.).
The problem remains with JPG and TXT attachments, however.
That it works has to do with the fact that the standard link
(LNK)/shortcut in the Start menu (and on the desktop / the QuickLaunch
lost) is not used when WinMail is called from IE.
The same effect can be obtained if one fixes the entry in the LNK's
properties in the field "Run in".
The default entry causes that the a temporary file needed for opening
the attachment can not be created and therefore not be found in the
specified directory.
If one edits the field and enters a location with full write access
(f.e. %UserProfile%) the temporary files are created there and be
opened.
Taking this route is easy enough and provides the normal access to
WinMail.
Caveat: JPG and TXT file will not be opened (as said above).
HTH
Rainald