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Old 01-12-2009
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Re: Unable to open or save attachments in Windows Mail
Were the messages sent by someone use MS Outlook?

anhlyss wrote:
> I, like many others based on previous posts, am unable to open or save
> attachments in windows mail. I have also tried to forward the messages to
> my work email, but the attachments seem to be "missing" from the forwarded
> messages once I have tried to open them in Windows mail.
>
> As suggested in other threads, I have ensured that I have unchecked the
> "do
> not allow attachments to be opened" box in options, disabled email
> scanning
> in my anti-virus program, and have disabled Windows Defender. None of
> these
> works.
>
> If I click on the attachment to open it, the little hourglass pointer
> comes
> up, and then goes back to the arrow, but nothing else happens. If I try
> to
> save the attachment, I get this message:
>
> "There was an error saving one or more of your attachments, please check
> your free disk space and try again"
>
> I have more than enough free disk space.
>
> Any suggestions?


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