Vista - Recieving mail

08-18-2007

Sometimes when I recieve e-mail with an attachment and I try to open it a pop
up comes up and say's :"this file does not have a program associated with it
for performing this action. Create an association in the set associations
control panel."
The question is where is the association control panel and how do I set
the associations?? Thanks
--
Dave

08-18-2007

Go to Control Panel, Default Programs. Set Associations is
a sub-category in Default Programs.

Gary VanderMolen

"Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F3C545B3-672C-4191-9CBB-7BDFCDEB4A82@microsoft.com...
> Sometimes when I recieve e-mail with an attachment and I try to open it a pop
> up comes up and say's :"this file does not have a program associated with it
> for performing this action. Create an association in the set associations
> control panel."
> The question is where is the association control panel and how do I set
> the associations?? Thanks
> --
> Dave

**Brink** · 08-19-2007

Quote: Originally Posted by Dave

Sometimes when I recieve e-mail with an attachment and I try to open it a pop
up comes up and say's :"this file does not have a program associated with it
for performing this action. Create an association in the set associations
control panel."
The question is where is the association control panel and how do I set
the associations?? Thanks
--
Dave

Hi Dave,

It is asking you to set what program you want to open this attachment with. You can see how to use Default Programs here for how to set that individual attachment to open with a selected program. You may want to save the attachment to the desktop or a personal user folder first though.

Default Programs

Shawn

08-18-2007	#1 (permalink)
Dave n/a posts	Recieving mail Sometimes when I recieve e-mail with an attachment and I try to open it a pop up comes up and say's :"this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the set associations control panel." The question is where is the association control panel and how do I set the associations?? Thanks -- Dave
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08-18-2007	#2 (permalink)
Gary VanderMolen n/a posts	Re: Recieving mail Go to Control Panel, Default Programs. Set Associations is a sub-category in Default Programs. Gary VanderMolen "Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F3C545B3-672C-4191-9CBB-7BDFCDEB4A82@microsoft.com... > Sometimes when I recieve e-mail with an attachment and I try to open it a pop > up comes up and say's :"this file does not have a program associated with it > for performing this action. Create an association in the set associations > control panel." > The question is where is the association control panel and how do I set > the associations?? Thanks > -- > Dave
My System Specs

08-19-2007	#3 (permalink)
Brink Vista x64 Ultimate SP2, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 25,993 posts	Re: Recieving mail Quote: Originally Posted by Dave Sometimes when I recieve e-mail with an attachment and I try to open it a pop up comes up and say's :"this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the set associations control panel." The question is where is the association control panel and how do I set the associations?? Thanks -- Dave Hi Dave, It is asking you to set what program you want to open this attachment with. You can see how to use Default Programs here for how to set that individual attachment to open with a selected program. You may want to save the attachment to the desktop or a personal user folder first though. Default Programs Shawn
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