opening attachments

[somebodyfromgeelong]

cannot open some attachments keeps asking me to go to set associations
control panel cannot find it any suggestions what to do

 

[Charlie Tame]

cannot open some attachments keeps asking me to go to set associations
control panel cannot find it any suggestions what to do

Give us an example of the attachment name, are you sure these are from a
reliable sender and something you really want to open.

If they are then maybe you need something installed to open them.

Example picture.jpg or picture.gif would be pictures that your normal
viewer would be "Associated" with. picture.jpg.exe is most likely a
virus. spreadsheet.xls would need Microsoft Excel to open it and
spreadsheet.ods would expect Open Office. If you don't have Open Office
installed then, for example, you will not have much luck with the .ods file.

 

[Steve Cochran]

Some attachments won't open directly from WinMail. Try saving them to disk
and then try opening them from there.

steve

 

[tshoop7]

Oh, forgot one other solution was contacting the Manufacturer of my
"Anti-virus program", sometimes they had to change the port and lower my
security settings to adjust for my email to get through with attachments.
Hope this helps someone...

 

[Gary VanderMolen \(MS MVP\)]

That's a sign of a poorly designed antivirus program.
It helps to choose a compatible antivirus program in the first place,
such as:
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

 

[Sam Hobbs]

Lowering a security setting means increasing the opportunity for malicious
software to infect your system, correct? That is the opposite of what an AV
program is supposed to do. It seems foolish to follow their lead.