emailing of an MS Word .doc file fails

I attached an MS Word .doc file to an email I was sending through Windows
Mail in Vista. Attaching was easy, but the email program would not recognize
the .doc file. Can anyone help?

Can you explain what you mean by "the email program would not
recognize the .doc file"? Are you talking about the sender's email
program or the recipient's email program? What was the exact error
message?

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"David SC" <dave_vt@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23$bHNouBJHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I attached an MS Word .doc file to an email I was sending through Windows
> Mail in Vista. Attaching was easy, but the email program would not recognize
> the .doc file. Can anyone help?
>

I attached the .doc from MS Word successfully. When I hit "send" the file
was not recognized, and asked if I wanted to send the email without the
attached file.

"David SC" <dave_vt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23$bHNouBJHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I attached an MS Word .doc file to an email I was sending through Windows
>Mail in Vista. Attaching was easy, but the email program would not
>recognize the .doc file. Can anyone help?

"David SC" <dave_vt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u91FvtwBJHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I attached the .doc from MS Word successfully. When I hit "send" the file
> was not recognized, and asked if I wanted to send the email without the
> attached file.
>
> "David SC" <dave_vt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$bHNouBJHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I attached an MS Word .doc file to an email I was sending through Windows
>>Mail in Vista. Attaching was easy, but the email program would not
>>recognize the .doc file. Can anyone help?
>

This talks about unable to open DOC files, but might help here, too.
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...dows-Vista.htm

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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
Do not reply with email

Make sure the file you were attaching was not open somewhere
else, like in Microsoft Word.
Also, go to Tools, Safety Options, Security, uncheck "Do not
allow attachments..."

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"David SC" <dave_vt@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:u91FvtwBJHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I attached the .doc from MS Word successfully. When I hit "send" the file
> was not recognized, and asked if I wanted to send the email without the
> attached file.
>
> "David SC" <dave_vt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$bHNouBJHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I attached an MS Word .doc file to an email I was sending through Windows
>>Mail in Vista. Attaching was easy, but the email program would not
>>recognize the .doc file. Can anyone help?
>

For the benefit of others, the solution was not having the file I was
attaching open somewhere else. Thank you Gary!


"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
news:e6ap9yyBJHA.2712@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
Make sure the file you were attaching was not open somewhere
else, like in Microsoft Word.
Also, go to Tools, Safety Options, Security, uncheck "Do not
allow attachments..."

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"David SC" <dave_vt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u91FvtwBJHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I attached the .doc from MS Word successfully. When I hit "send" the file
> was not recognized, and asked if I wanted to send the email without the
> attached file.
>
> "David SC" <dave_vt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23$bHNouBJHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I attached an MS Word .doc file to an email I was sending through Windows
>>Mail in Vista. Attaching was easy, but the email program would not
>>recognize the .doc file. Can anyone help?
>

You're welcome, David.
Strangely enough, the newer Windows Live Mail does not have that
limitation, so it is not a Vista peculiarity.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"David SC" <dave_vt@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:e570pJ4BJHA.2712@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> For the benefit of others, the solution was not having the file I was
> attaching open somewhere else. Thank you Gary!
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:e6ap9yyBJHA.2712@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Make sure the file you were attaching was not open somewhere
> else, like in Microsoft Word.
> Also, go to Tools, Safety Options, Security, uncheck "Do not
> allow attachments..."
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "David SC" <dave_vt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:u91FvtwBJHA.4932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I attached the .doc from MS Word successfully. When I hit "send" the file
>> was not recognized, and asked if I wanted to send the email without the
>> attached file.
>>
>> "David SC" <dave_vt@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23$bHNouBJHA.5012@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>I attached an MS Word .doc file to an email I was sending through Windows
>>>Mail in Vista. Attaching was easy, but the email program would not
>>>recognize the .doc file. Can anyone help?
>>
>