Windows Mail is not a replacement for Outlook, it's a replacement for
Outlook Express.
In Windows Mail go to Tools | Options | security and uncheck the option
telling it not to allow you to open of save attachments tthat may contain a
virus.
--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
Do not send mail.
"Stead" <Stead@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9341691D-F6BE-46F4-B7CA-05C8DCC2AD95@xxxxxx
Quote:
> Sorry, I meant windows mail, however I keep forgetting that microsoft
> likes
> to randomly rename everything from time to time, (love how windows mail
> and
> windows calender and windows contacts no longer sync to a wm device as
> well
> since upgrading to vista)
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
> Quote:
>> "Stead" <Stead@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:51A4B576-1059-4323-940B-A25CBDE0EC7E@xxxxxx Quote:
>> > Hi, I've just installed vista and i have this wonderfully strange
>> > problem.
>> >
>> > outlook does not let me view or open attachments, get the error 'There
>> > was
>> > an error saving one or more of the attachments"
>> >
>> > Also, internet explorer will not save or open downloads, it downloads
>> > the
>> > file, when i click either open or run, then when it finishes the
>> > download
>> > window just closes, file doesn't get saved, although when i click run,
>> > i
>> > get
>> > a comfirmation asking if i want to allow this file to berun click run
>> > and
>> > nothing happens, highly annoying! cannot download an alternative
>> > browser
>> > either which is even more annoying!!!