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Old 01-12-2009
anhlyss
 

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Re: Unable to open or save attachments in Windows Mail
No, these were sent from many different people using many different email
programs. I was able to open all attachments 2 weeks ago, but can't now.

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> 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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