i get emails with outlook express attachments that won’t open. tried shutting off protection didn’t work either. ideas? thanks
It is a security update that stopped certain attachments (that supposedly could be dangerous) from being saved or opened.
Check, Tools, Options, Security, uncheck the Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus, see image.
This is MS’s heavy handed blunt instrument to supposedly protect you. You would also be very srprised what they consider dangerous, I believe .zip files are included.
that "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened " was not listed as an option. i put security on the minimum level and still the file woundn’t open.
Well I have OE 6 SP2 with the latest updates and it most certainly is there on mine.
What version of OE are you using ?
Where were you looking ?
Which is the name and extension of this file?
it’s an eml extension.
i found what you said. file still wouldn’t open, i’ll have to check with the person who sent it, maybe it’s messed up.
An .eml file is a saved email, what may be happening is that there is no file association for it.
You don’t mention why it won’t open (what happens) or what if any errors are displayed.
I assume this file is saved to your HDD (you should do this) rather than trying to open an .eml (or any) attachment directly from the email ?
If not save it to a location on your HDD and first scan it and if clean, double click it, it should open with outlook express. If not, right click on the .eml file and select Open with, select Outlook Express, see image.