Hi - just wondering if someone out there can help me. I've had a Vista Studio 15 laptop for a month now and I'm unable to open PDFs in Windows Mail. I've downloaded Adobe Reader 9 as I thought the problem was that I didnt have Adobe. Not so. I still get a box saying: "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel". I've followed the instructions (had to go online to find out how to do this too!) to no avail. I've also restarted the system several times and still no joy.

Anyone got any answers? This is driving me NUTS!!



Thx

pipsqueak wrote:

> Hi - just wondering if someone out there can help me. I've had a
> Vista Studio 15 laptop for a month now and I'm unable to open PDFs in
> Windows Mail. I've downloaded Adobe Reader 9 as I thought the
> problem was that I didnt have Adobe. Not so. I still get a box
> saying: "This file does not have a program associated with it for
> performing this action. Create an association in the Set Associations
> control panel". I've followed the instructions (had to go online to
> find out how to do this too!) to no avail. I've also restarted the
> system several times and still no joy.
>
> Anyone got any answers? This is driving me NUTS!!
>
> Thx

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Have a look at the following article:

Windows Vista -
Unable to open .PDF
attachments from Windows Mail
http://tinyurl.com/6q38na
or...
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...dows-Mail.html

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Can you open PDF files outside of Windows Mail?

If yes, try this fix for Windows Mail:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...dows-Mail.html

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"pipsqueak" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:00204bb27a9b4414b460c99a485eb984@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

>
> Hi - just wondering if someone out there can help me. I've had a Vista
> Studio 15 laptop for a month now and I'm unable to open PDFs in Windows
> Mail. I've downloaded Adobe Reader 9 as I thought the problem was that
> I didnt have Adobe. Not so. I still get a box saying: "This file does
> not have a program associated with it for performing this action.
> Create an association in the Set Associations control panel". I've
> followed the instructions (had to go online to find out how to do this
> too!) to no avail. I've also restarted the system several times and
> still no joy.
>
> Anyone got any answers? This is driving me NUTS!!
>
> Thx
>
>
> --
> pipsqueak

This fix worked for me, although I had reservations about using a third-party
utility to fix system-wide settings.

I'd have felt much more secure downloading this utility from Microsoft or
another trusted vendor.


"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Can you open PDF files outside of Windows Mail?
>
> If yes, try this fix for Windows Mail:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...dows-Mail.html
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "pipsqueak" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:00204bb27a9b4414b460c99a485eb984@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

> >
> > Hi - just wondering if someone out there can help me. I've had a Vista
> > Studio 15 laptop for a month now and I'm unable to open PDFs in Windows
> > Mail. I've downloaded Adobe Reader 9 as I thought the problem was that
> > I didnt have Adobe. Not so. I still get a box saying: "This file does
> > not have a program associated with it for performing this action.
> > Create an association in the Set Associations control panel". I've
> > followed the instructions (had to go online to find out how to do this
> > too!) to no avail. I've also restarted the system several times and
> > still no joy.
> >
> > Anyone got any answers? This is driving me NUTS!!
> >
> > Thx
> >
> >
> > --
> > pipsqueak

>
>
>

I understand your reservations, but the author happens to be a long-time,
trusted Microsoft MVP who know his stuff. If there was an official Microsoft fix,
I would have cited it. Microsoft abandoned development of Windows Mail
since about October 2006, in favor of the newer Windows Live Mail.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"R. J. Dunnill" <RJDunnill@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:8F072EEA-121A-45B5-A59F-D5B804965939@xxxxxx

> This fix worked for me, although I had reservations about using a third-party
> utility to fix system-wide settings.
>
> I'd have felt much more secure downloading this utility from Microsoft or
> another trusted vendor.
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>

>> Can you open PDF files outside of Windows Mail?
>>
>> If yes, try this fix for Windows Mail:
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...dows-Mail.html
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "pipsqueak" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:00204bb27a9b4414b460c99a485eb984@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

>> >
>> > Hi - just wondering if someone out there can help me. I've had a Vista
>> > Studio 15 laptop for a month now and I'm unable to open PDFs in Windows
>> > Mail. I've downloaded Adobe Reader 9 as I thought the problem was that
>> > I didnt have Adobe. Not so. I still get a box saying: "This file does
>> > not have a program associated with it for performing this action.
>> > Create an association in the Set Associations control panel". I've
>> > followed the instructions (had to go online to find out how to do this
>> > too!) to no avail. I've also restarted the system several times and
>> > still no joy.
>> >
>> > Anyone got any answers? This is driving me NUTS!!
>> >
>> > Thx
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > pipsqueak

>>
>>
>>