Outlook 2003 SP3 no longer opens attachments

[salto]

Since I installed SP3 on Office 2003 in Outlook 2003 none of my attachments
can be opened, even the attachments in older messages which until now opened
fine.
The message I get is (translated to English)

cannot open attachment because the system cannot find the file specified

I tried a repair install, to no avail.
The only way to open an attachment is to save it first, very tedious.
I do not have Google Desktop installed

Your help is most welcome!


Office 2003 Professional
Windows XP Pro with all patches and updates

 

[Brian Tillman]

Since I installed SP3 on Office 2003 in Outlook 2003 none of my
attachments can be opened, even the attachments in older messages
which until now opened fine.
The message I get is (translated to English)

cannot open attachment because the system cannot find the file
specified

Clear the Outlook Secure Temp Folder.
http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/securetemp.htm

 

[salto]

Thanks very much Brian.
Unfortunately, no luck.
The secure temp folder is in the root C:\OLKD and does not contain any files
(0 bytes).
To be sure, I used OutlookTools to clean the folder, but that made no
difference.

Hope you have some more suggestions!

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks very much Brian.
Unfortunately, no luck.
The secure temp folder is in the root C:\OLKD and does not contain
any files (0 bytes).
To be sure, I used OutlookTools to clean the folder, but that made no
difference.

Well, the condition you describe is typical of a full Outlook Secure Temp
Folder, so that's why I suggested what I did.

Hope you have some more suggestions!

Try disabling any mail scanning (AV, for example) and if you have Google
Desktop Search installed, uninstall it. Other than that, I have nothing.

 

[salto]

Thanks Brian, I disabled malware/spywasre and virus scanners, made no
difference. I reregistered several dll's, no luck either. Looks like Outlook
lost associations on the installation of SP3. Guess I have to uninstall....