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davidh1 said:I see lots and lots of discussions. This is EASY to fix.
I have Vista & IE8, BTW.
click on Start (or the circle thingy for Vista), All Programs and right
click Windows Mail (under All Programs, not on the start menu). Select
Properties.
The value "Start in:" is set to %UserProfile%. This does not work because
opening an attachment cannot save the attachment to a temporary file on that
folder.
I changed it to "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp" and that fixes the
problem.
You can also just clear the field "Start in:" (remove the value) and that
fixes it also.
Enjoy.
Dave
skeng said:It wasn't in my recently installed programs & doesn't show up on the list of
installed programs unless it was part of a "Windows Update" . So does that
mean I don't have IE8 - then why can't I get attachments.
BTW my other computer keeps trying ot install IE8 and I keep disallowing it
because I am afraid it will mess up email on that computer.
Finally those instructions for fixing IE8 seemed so complicated, will they
be issuing an IE 9 that doesn't cause email problems?
t-4-2 said:How do I uninstall or remove Internet Explorer 8?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/957700
t-4-2
skeng said:None of these files helped, I can't open attachments or save them. I
normally
use Mozzila but I have no idea how to remove IE8 or know if I have it -
doesn't appear in my add remove programs list.
Help.
:
Hi Ramesh,
thank you so much for jumping in!
It would be really nice if you might help on getting closer.
I often thought that it would be necessary to monitor what's going on
and store the info in a logfile. Unfortunately this is above my head.
I've been having Procmon on my system for quite a while but never
managed to make use of it.
I just started it on my test-machine but I do not see where to start
:-( :-(
Thanks again and regards
Rainald
Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP wrote:
Hi Rainald,
Thanks for the note! Perhaps someone can capture the events that
occur (when opening mail attachments) using Process Monitor and post
the log file online.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience]
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Supporting Windows® 7, Vista & XP http://www.winhelponline.com
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davidh1 wrote:
I see lots and lots of discussions. This is EASY to fix.
I have Vista & IE8, BTW.
click on Start (or the circle thingy for Vista), All Programs and
right click Windows Mail (under All Programs, not on the start
menu). Select Properties.
The value "Start in:" is set to %UserProfile%. This does not work
because opening an attachment cannot save the attachment to a
temporary file on that folder.
I changed it to "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp" and that fixes
the problem.
You can also just clear the field "Start in:" (remove the value) and
that fixes it also.
Thanks for sharing your findings.
I had posted this recipe for a workaround rather often. And Gary
meanwhile includes it with his standard suggestions.
As to my experience this does not really cure the problems. It only
*reduces* them. With all my tests JPG- and TXT-attachments still can
not be opened.
Sometimes it works with these file types initially but after a while
the problem is back.
How do the latter file types behave on your system?
Rainald
davidh1 said:I see lots and lots of discussions. This is EASY to fix.
I have Vista & IE8, BTW.
click on Start (or the circle thingy for Vista), All Programs and right
click Windows Mail (under All Programs, not on the start menu). Select
Properties.
The value "Start in:" is set to %UserProfile%. This does not work because
opening an attachment cannot save the attachment to a temporary file on that
folder.
I changed it to "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp" and that fixes the
problem.
You can also just clear the field "Start in:" (remove the value) and that
fixes it also.
Enjoy.
Dave
davidh1 said:I see lots and lots of discussions. This is EASY to fix.
I have Vista & IE8, BTW.
click on Start (or the circle thingy for Vista), All Programs and right
click Windows Mail (under All Programs, not on the start menu). Select
Properties.
The value "Start in:" is set to %UserProfile%. This does not work because
opening an attachment cannot save the attachment to a temporary file on that
folder.
I changed it to "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp" and that fixes the
problem.
You can also just clear the field "Start in:" (remove the value) and that
fixes it also.
Enjoy.
Dave
Uri 763 said:I have had this trouble sporadically for a while, it seems to have become
worse recently. The workaround I use is to open Mail by going to All
Programs>Windows Mail(right click)"run as administrator">allow. Attachments
of all file types open on double click or shell command. I suspect this is
not anything related to settings in IE8 but a bug in the code itself. I won't
be holding my breath waiting for a fix...
CBS said:Hi
I have the same problem.But maybe this can help .
When i Start Mail from the Email-icon,I cant open attatchements.
When I do it from the all programs tab (and declare my trust)-then I can.
Regards
CBS
Rainald Taesler said:Hi Ramesh,
thank you so much for jumping in!
It would be really nice if you might help on getting closer.
I often thought that it would be necessary to monitor what's going on
and store the info in a logfile. Unfortunately this is above my head.
I've been having Procmon on my system for quite a while but never
managed to make use of it.
I just started it on my test-machine but I do not see where to start
:-( :-(
Thanks again and regards
Rainald
Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP wrote:
Hi Rainald,
Thanks for the note! Perhaps someone can capture the events that
occur (when opening mail attachments) using Process Monitor and post
the log file online.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx
--
Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience]
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Supporting Windows® 7, Vista & XP http://www.winhelponline.com
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davidh1 wrote:
I see lots and lots of discussions. This is EASY to fix.
I have Vista & IE8, BTW.
click on Start (or the circle thingy for Vista), All Programs and
right click Windows Mail (under All Programs, not on the start
menu). Select Properties.
The value "Start in:" is set to %UserProfile%. This does not work
because opening an attachment cannot save the attachment to a
temporary file on that folder.
I changed it to "%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Temp" and that fixes
the problem.
You can also just clear the field "Start in:" (remove the value) and
that fixes it also.
Thanks for sharing your findings.
I had posted this recipe for a workaround rather often. And Gary
meanwhile includes it with his standard suggestions.
As to my experience this does not really cure the problems. It only
*reduces* them. With all my tests JPG- and TXT-attachments still can
not be opened.
Sometimes it works with these file types initially but after a while
the problem is back.
How do the latter file types behave on your system?
Rainald
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