OL2000: "Could not open one or more attachments" error

[Matt]

Folks,

I am getting a strange error. When I create a new message
and attempt to add an attachment to the message, when I
click on "Insert" I get an error message "Could not open
one or more attachments", and an OK button.

The strange thing is, the attachment does *not* show up
at the bottom of the message, but it *is* attached to the
message and gets sent when the message is sent. If I look
at the message while it is in the Outbox or Sent Items,
then the paperclip icon is shown and if you open the
message the attachment *does* show up at the bottom of
the message.

This also happens intermittently with messages I have
received; sometimes (with no pattern I can discern) the
paperclip does not appear in the preview pane, and if I
open the message I get the same "Could not..." message
once for every attachment the message has. It doesn't
happen with every message - in fact, it happens quite
rarely - and it can work fine and then not work on the
same message during the same session.

I do always get the error when creating a message
(including new messages, replying to messages and
forwarding messages).

The type of file involved does not matter, or the drive
the file was on. I have tried "Detect Errors", and I have
reinstalled the entire Office suite.

Please help!

Thanks,

Matt

 

[David Petzel]

I was wondering if you have solved this problem. I have one user that
is experiencing EXACTLY the same problem as you have described. I have
also run the repair and also tried re-installing with no luck.

Thanks for any info you may have.