I never was able to find a workaround for this problem.
"Stefan" wrote:
> Hi Eric
>
> I have the same problem with the IE7 and Vista.
>
> Do you have already a solution for this problem?
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> "Eric" wrote:
>
> > Since the important parts of this thread aren't displayed here in vista.mail,
> > please follow the link to see what the problem is all about.
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/communities...6-50dbf7ade583
> >
> > "Eric" wrote:
> >
> > > > BTW what would be the significance of the 8.3 path name?
> > > > Surely OUTLOOK.EXE is not a 16-bit program? <eg>
> > >
> > > Probably just something stupid with Vista.
> > >
> > > > >> What happens if you replace your (assumed) association
> > > > >> with Outlook for the default association with Windows Mail?
> > > > >> Perhaps your Outlook(?) association is the cause of your symptom?
> > > > >
> > >
> > > I switched the association to Windows Mail and experienced the same problem.
> > >
> > > It's gotta be a bug in the Protected Mode feature.