Hello Everyone - again!

I have recieved some word documents via attachments that will not open
when I try to do so.



I have to set a file association and this I have done - but I still
cannot open Microsoft word documents from within windows mail. I go to
control panel and programs and associate .DOC files with microsoft
word (which I have installed) and then when I go back to windows mail
and attempt this action - no can do!

Why???

Help - alanbriggs

Did you enable opening attachments in Windows Mail?
Tools > Options > Security, uncheck "Do not allow attachments..."

Gary VanderMolen

"alanbriggs" <alan73briggs@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1179845116.411056.67630@b40g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> Hello Everyone - again!
>
> I have recieved some word documents via attachments that will not open
> when I try to do so.
>
> I have to set a file association and this I have done - but I still
> cannot open Microsoft word documents from within windows mail. I go to
> control panel and programs and associate .DOC files with microsoft
> word (which I have installed) and then when I go back to windows mail
> and attempt this action - no can do!
>
> Why???
>
> Help - alanbriggs
>

On May 23, 1:09 am, "Gary VanderMolen" <g...@NoMail.invalid> wrote:
> Did you enable opening attachments in Windows Mail?
> Tools > Options > Security, uncheck "Do not allow attachments..."
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
>
> "alanbriggs" <alan73bri...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:1179845116.411056.67630@b40g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
> > Hello Everyone - again!
>
> > I have recieved some word documents via attachments that will not open
> > when I try to do so.
>
> > I have to set a file association and this I have done - but I still
> > cannot open Microsoft word documents from within windows mail. I go to
> > control panel and programs and associate .DOC files with microsoft
> > word (which I have installed) and then when I go back to windows mail
> > and attempt this action - no can do!
>
> > Why???
>
> > Help - alanbriggs- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Thanks - I tried your suggestion but to no avail!

I unchecked the box and retried to open the word files from within
windows mail - no luck.

Any other ideas?

Regards - alanbriggs

Windows Mail is very sensitive to interference from certain antivirus
programs. Read http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
If you have McAfee or Norton antivirus, uninstall it. Reboot and try
Windows Mail again. Once you get your email working properly,
download and install a less troublesome antivirus program such as the
free Avast. Whichever antivirus program you keep, be sure to
disable its email scanning option.

Gary VanderMolen

"alanbriggs" <alan73briggs@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1179912413.266757.153860@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> On May 23, 1:09 am, "Gary VanderMolen" <g...@NoMail.invalid> wrote:
>> Did you enable opening attachments in Windows Mail?
>> Tools > Options > Security, uncheck "Do not allow attachments..."
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>>
>>
>> "alanbriggs" <alan73bri...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:1179845116.411056.67630@b40g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hello Everyone - again!
>>
>> > I have recieved some word documents via attachments that will not open
>> > when I try to do so.
>>
>> > I have to set a file association and this I have done - but I still
>> > cannot open Microsoft word documents from within windows mail. I go to
>> > control panel and programs and associate .DOC files with microsoft
>> > word (which I have installed) and then when I go back to windows mail
>> > and attempt this action - no can do!
>>
>> > Why???
>>
>> > Help - alanbriggs- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Thanks - I tried your suggestion but to no avail!
>
> I unchecked the box and retried to open the word files from within
> windows mail - no luck.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Regards - alanbriggs

Alan - did you solve this? I have just bought a laptop with Vista installed and have the same problem. Can't believe Microsoft would make such a basic error!

Any help will be gratefully received.

Hugh