Unable to Open any Outlook Express Attachments

[Guest]

I am currently running Windows XP Home w/ SP2 and ever since I have
downloaded Windows Defender (Beta2) I am unable to open any Outlook Express
6.0 Attachments. I have removed Windows Defender program but am still having
the same problems. I have looked everywhere and am unable to correct the
problem.

 

[PA Bear]

What happens when you try to open an attachment to an OE message?

OE Tools > Options > Security > Do not allow attachments... (unchecked?)

Is your anti-virus application configured to scan incoming mail?
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OE6-specific newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress
OE General newsgroup:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general

~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

 

[Mike Treit [Msft]]

Please try deleting the following registry key and let me know if that fixes
the problem:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Discardable\PostSetup\Component
Categories\{56FFCC30-D398-11D0-B2AE-00A0C908FA49}

Thanks

-Mike