Hi Steve,
to me it's still not clear if you really "opened" the JPGs by clicking
on the attachment icon (paper clip).
The images show fine in/below a message in the preview and still they
may crash.
As said before: It may take a while until the problem appears and JPGs
may be opened fine but crash later. And once they crashed, other file
types may crash too.

The whole thing indeed is a TIF corruption problem but not only that.
There's other factors too - mainly the path specified for running
WinMail.
Changing the path in the StartMenu's shortcut helps (reported by others
too).
And some applications (contrary to the simple error message fro JPGs)
clearly show that the file "C:\Windows\System32\MyFile.ppt" could not be
opened.

And OE-Quotefix seriously affects the situation. Starting WinMail with
OELaunch is a straight route into the problem.
Calling WinMail separately first and then OE Quotefix later mostly is
OK.

Moving the TIF (as you suggested earlier in this thread) has the same
effect as deleting thee "Content.OE5" directories and re-booting or
creating a new user account and working from there.
Things are fine for a while. Using OELaunch again will re-create the
problem.

The whole thing is a mystery.
I'll make a fresh install on my test-machine and try to put together a
comprehensive report.

Rainald

Steve Cochran wrote:
> Well, the jpg images displayed below the messages, so I assumed they
> were being opening okay, and I was able to open them from the message.
>
> We need more data to determine if it is a TIF corruption issue, so
> moving the TIF is an option to test that.
>
> steve
>
> "Rainald Taesler" <taesler@gmx.de> wrote in message
> news:O3dBbafvJHA.4324@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for your efforts, Steve.
>>
>> You say that after installing IE8 you could *SAVE* the attachments.
>> *Saving* is no problem. *Opening* the JPGs is the problem.
>>
>> Yes, the problem is placing the temporary files in a location where
>> they can be opened.
>>
>> As said before: Deleting the "Content.IE5" directories (where WinMail
>> places the temporary files) is a remedy for a certain while.
>> But the problem comes back.
>>
>> I'll try out your suggestion.
>> But I think that I'll better make a fresh install and/or retire the
>> system partition from an older image as on testing things meanwhile I
>> have deleted the "Content.IE5" directories several times."
>>
>> I'll report, possibly after the weekend.
>>
>> Thanks again
>> Rainald
>>
>> Steve Cochran wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, I did a clean install of Vista with SP1 and then updated it
>>> completely via WinUpdate. Then I checked WinMail and it could open
>>> and save attachments (jpg and pdf (well, it couldn't open pdf
>>> because Acrobat reader wasn't installed, but it could save it).
>>> Then I installed IE8 and used it a bit and then could still save
>>> attachments in WinMail with no problems.
>>>
>>> So I'd guess that the TIF got corrupted. The way we used to fix it
>>> was to move it, so you can try that. In IE go to Tools | Options |
>>> settings | Move folder and then change the TIF location to somewhere
>>> within the user space such as a new directory under Documents. Then
>>> reboot and see if the problems are rectified. I think that used to
>>> fix similar problems with OE5 or 4.
>>>
>>> steve
>>>
>>> "Rainald Taesler" <taesler@gmx.de> wrote in message
>>> news:%23Wt9yCRvJHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> Steve Cochran schrieb:
>>>>
>>>>>>> My guess is that the permissions for the TIF changed with IE8
>>>>>>> and excluded OE. You might try taking ownership of the
>>>>>>> Content.IE5 directory and then see if that makes any difference
>>>>>>> if you still have a problem with the other machines.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for yoir suggestion, Steve.
>>>>>> The properties dialog for the "Content.UE5" directory - which has
>>>>>> the attributes "system" and "hidden" - does not show the secirity
>>>>>> and ownership dialogs, I can check thins there.
>>>>>> But as I have the ownership for the directory above
>>>>>> (%localappdata%\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files") O
>>>>>> shoild be the owner there too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Might it have to do with the "integritylevel"?
>>>>>> Should I play with ICACLS?
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know. When I get a chance I'll install the thing and see
>>>>> what I can break.
>>>>
>>>> Would be really nice!
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>> Rainald