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Old 06-04-2009   #1 (permalink)
kon


 
 

windows mail looks in wrong place when trying to open attachments

when i click on an attachment it either says cant find it or not located in
system32 folder. but i can save it and then open it, how do i change the
location it looks for attachments
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k

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Old 06-05-2009   #2 (permalink)
Rainald Taesler


 
 

Re: windows mail looks in wrong place when trying to open attachments

kon wrote:
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> when i click on an attachment it either says cant find it or not
> located in system32 folder. but i can save it and then open it, how
> do i change the location it looks for attachments
Welcome to the Club! {siiigh}
It seems that you recently installed IE8 and now get bitten by the
IE8-WinMail bug which affects many (though not most) systems.

The reasons are still unknown and there is no fix - except uninstalling
IE8.

The problems can be reduced to JPG and TXT files (all other files types
opening fine with a workaround):
Right-click on the shortcut that you use to open Windows Mail.
Select Properties. In the field labeled 'Start in' change the entered
value to %UserProfile%.
Click OK.
Restart Windows Mail and try opening attachments.

HTH
Rainald


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