Can't Open Email .wmv file in Attachment
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From: BigOwl on 10 Feb 2010 18:29 When I tried that procedure, Windows Media Player said it could not find such an extension and added (.) to the note...not sure what that means. I can open the file if I save it to the desktop or in Windows Explorer, but it still refuses to open as an attachment to an OE 6 email message. I found that I could open the file that I had moved to Windows Explorer. by clicking Window Media Player's Now Playing button, More Options, Network, made sure all Protocol boxes were checked, including one called Use ports 7000-7007 to receive data, then clicked Configure under Streaming proxy settings, clicked on Autodetect proxy settings and closed it out. That helped only the saved file in Windows Explorer. I also check the associations and find the settings are for Media Player. Any suggestions? "Bruce Hagen" wrote: > Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With | Choose > Program. Find and choose a program that works, (WMP), and then check the > box: Always use this program to open this kind of file. This should enable > you to open these attachments in the future. > -- > > Bruce Hagen > MS-MVP Outlook Express > Imperial Beach, CA > > > "K-Bob" <ish(a)copper.net> wrote in message > news:B227842D-5F7B-446D-B128-96C050562A34(a)microsoft.com... > > All of a sudden OE6 will not allow me to open file attachments containing > > .wmv files. I get the following message: "THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A > > PROGRAM > > ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION IN > > THE > > FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL PANEL." > > > > I have checked the "Folder Options" in the control panel and there is a > > .wmv > > file out there. Up until last week I was able to open these kinds of > > attachments with no problems. Windows Media Player automatically started > > playing the file when clicking on OPEN. Same with burning CD's, can't do > > that anymore since last week. WHAT IS GOING ON??? > > > > I can view this if I save the attachment to my hard drive, but don't want > > to > > have to do that EVERY time I receive one of these. > > > > I have Windows XP for an operating system. > > -- > > K. Christiansen > >
From: Bruce Hagen on 10 Feb 2010 18:44 One suggestion I always make is to start your own new thread instead of using someone else's very old thread. I only keep posts for a few days so I can only see the part you replied tp. <QP> Windows Media Player said it could not find such an extension </QP> What extension? WMP is Windows Media Player, not an extension. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "BigOwl" <BigOwl(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4D260E5A-8246-4BB1-B971-AF59C4D03A60(a)microsoft.com... > When I tried that procedure, Windows Media Player said it could not find > such > an extension and added (.) to the note...not sure what that means. I > can > open the file if I save it to the desktop or in Windows Explorer, but it > still refuses to open as an attachment to an OE 6 email message. I > found > that I could open the file that I had moved to Windows Explorer. by > clicking > Window Media Player's Now Playing button, More Options, Network, made > sure > all Protocol boxes were checked, including one called Use ports > 7000-7007 to > receive data, then clicked Configure under Streaming proxy settings, > clicked > on Autodetect proxy settings and closed it out. That helped only the > saved > file in Windows Explorer. I also check the associations and find the > settings are for Media Player. Any suggestions? > > > "Bruce Hagen" wrote: > >> Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With | >> Choose >> Program. Find and choose a program that works, (WMP), and then check >> the >> box: Always use this program to open this kind of file. This should >> enable >> you to open these attachments in the future. >> -- >> >> Bruce Hagen >> MS-MVP Outlook Express >> Imperial Beach, CA >> >> >> "K-Bob" <ish(a)copper.net> wrote in message >> news:B227842D-5F7B-446D-B128-96C050562A34(a)microsoft.com... >> > All of a sudden OE6 will not allow me to open file attachments >> > containing >> > .wmv files. I get the following message: "THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A >> > PROGRAM >> > ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION >> > IN >> > THE >> > FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL PANEL." >> > >> > I have checked the "Folder Options" in the control panel and there is >> > a >> > .wmv >> > file out there. Up until last week I was able to open these kinds >> > of >> > attachments with no problems. Windows Media Player automatically >> > started >> > playing the file when clicking on OPEN. Same with burning CD's, >> > can't do >> > that anymore since last week. WHAT IS GOING ON??? >> > >> > I can view this if I save the attachment to my hard drive, but don't >> > want >> > to >> > have to do that EVERY time I receive one of these. >> > >> > I have Windows XP for an operating system. >> > -- >> > K. Christiansen >> >>
From: Michael Santovec on 11 Feb 2010 18:02 To open an attachment within OE there must be an OPEN action in the Windows File Associations for the file type. By default, Windows Media Player creates a PLAY action. See the Identifying Attachment File Types and Setting File Associations section of Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial http://TechHelp.Santovec.us/decode.htm#identify -- Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us "BigOwl" <BigOwl(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4D260E5A-8246-4BB1-B971-AF59C4D03A60(a)microsoft.com... > When I tried that procedure, Windows Media Player said it could not > find such > an extension and added (.) to the note...not sure what that means. I > can > open the file if I save it to the desktop or in Windows Explorer, but > it > still refuses to open as an attachment to an OE 6 email message. I > found > that I could open the file that I had moved to Windows Explorer. by > clicking > Window Media Player's Now Playing button, More Options, Network, made > sure > all Protocol boxes were checked, including one called Use ports > 7000-7007 to > receive data, then clicked Configure under Streaming proxy settings, > clicked > on Autodetect proxy settings and closed it out. That helped only the > saved > file in Windows Explorer. I also check the associations and find the > settings are for Media Player. Any suggestions? > > > "Bruce Hagen" wrote: > >> Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With | >> Choose >> Program. Find and choose a program that works, (WMP), and then check >> the >> box: Always use this program to open this kind of file. This should >> enable >> you to open these attachments in the future. >> -- >> >> Bruce Hagen >> MS-MVP Outlook Express >> Imperial Beach, CA >> >> >> "K-Bob" <ish(a)copper.net> wrote in message >> news:B227842D-5F7B-446D-B128-96C050562A34(a)microsoft.com... >> > All of a sudden OE6 will not allow me to open file attachments >> > containing >> > .wmv files. I get the following message: "THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE >> > A >> > PROGRAM >> > ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN >> > ASSOCIATION IN >> > THE >> > FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL PANEL." >> > >> > I have checked the "Folder Options" in the control panel and there >> > is a >> > .wmv >> > file out there. Up until last week I was able to open these kinds >> > of >> > attachments with no problems. Windows Media Player automatically >> > started >> > playing the file when clicking on OPEN. Same with burning CD's, >> > can't do >> > that anymore since last week. WHAT IS GOING ON??? >> > >> > I can view this if I save the attachment to my hard drive, but >> > don't want >> > to >> > have to do that EVERY time I receive one of these. >> > >> > I have Windows XP for an operating system. >> > -- >> > K. Christiansen >> >>
From: Owen on 11 Mar 2010 08:44 ok "BigOwl" <BigOwl(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4D260E5A-8246-4BB1-B971-AF59C4D03A60(a)microsoft.com... > When I tried that procedure, Windows Media Player said it could not find > such > an extension and added (.) to the note...not sure what that means. I can > open the file if I save it to the desktop or in Windows Explorer, but it > still refuses to open as an attachment to an OE 6 email message. I found > that I could open the file that I had moved to Windows Explorer. by > clicking > Window Media Player's Now Playing button, More Options, Network, made sure > all Protocol boxes were checked, including one called Use ports 7000-7007 > to > receive data, then clicked Configure under Streaming proxy settings, > clicked > on Autodetect proxy settings and closed it out. That helped only the > saved > file in Windows Explorer. I also check the associations and find the > settings are for Media Player. Any suggestions? > > > "Bruce Hagen" wrote: > >> Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With | Choose >> Program. Find and choose a program that works, (WMP), and then check the >> box: Always use this program to open this kind of file. This should >> enable >> you to open these attachments in the future. >> -- >> >> Bruce Hagen >> MS-MVP Outlook Express >> Imperial Beach, CA >> >> >> "K-Bob" <ish(a)copper.net> wrote in message >> news:B227842D-5F7B-446D-B128-96C050562A34(a)microsoft.com... >> > All of a sudden OE6 will not allow me to open file attachments >> > containing >> > .wmv files. I get the following message: "THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A >> > PROGRAM >> > ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION IN >> > THE >> > FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL PANEL." >> > >> > I have checked the "Folder Options" in the control panel and there is a >> > .wmv >> > file out there. Up until last week I was able to open these kinds of >> > attachments with no problems. Windows Media Player automatically >> > started >> > playing the file when clicking on OPEN. Same with burning CD's, can't >> > do >> > that anymore since last week. WHAT IS GOING ON??? >> > >> > I can view this if I save the attachment to my hard drive, but don't >> > want >> > to >> > have to do that EVERY time I receive one of these. >> > >> > I have Windows XP for an operating system. >> > -- >> > K. Christiansen >> >>
From: samy on 22 Mar 2010 14:51 "Owen" <Owen(a)mmm.com> wrote in message news:%23QWi8DSwKHA.3408(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > ok > "BigOwl" <BigOwl(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:4D260E5A-8246-4BB1-B971-AF59C4D03A60(a)microsoft.com... >> When I tried that procedure, Windows Media Player said it could not find >> such >> an extension and added (.) to the note...not sure what that means. I can >> open the file if I save it to the desktop or in Windows Explorer, but it >> still refuses to open as an attachment to an OE 6 email message. I found >> that I could open the file that I had moved to Windows Explorer. by >> clicking >> Window Media Player's Now Playing button, More Options, Network, made >> sure >> all Protocol boxes were checked, including one called Use ports 7000-7007 >> to >> receive data, then clicked Configure under Streaming proxy settings, >> clicked >> on Autodetect proxy settings and closed it out. That helped only the >> saved >> file in Windows Explorer. I also check the associations and find the >> settings are for Media Player. Any suggestions? >> >> >> "Bruce Hagen" wrote: >> >>> Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With | >>> Choose >>> Program. Find and choose a program that works, (WMP), and then check the >>> box: Always use this program to open this kind of file. This should >>> enable >>> you to open these attachments in the future. >>> -- >>> >>> Bruce Hagen >>> MS-MVP Outlook Express >>> Imperial Beach, CA >>> >>> >>> "K-Bob" <ish(a)copper.net> wrote in message >>> news:B227842D-5F7B-446D-B128-96C050562A34(a)microsoft.com... >>> > All of a sudden OE6 will not allow me to open file attachments >>> > containing >>> > .wmv files. I get the following message: "THIS FILE DOES NOT HAVE A >>> > PROGRAM >>> > ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR PERFORMING THIS ACTION. CREATE AN ASSOCIATION >>> > IN >>> > THE >>> > FOLDER OPTIONS CONTROL PANEL." >>> > >>> > I have checked the "Folder Options" in the control panel and there is >>> > a >>> > .wmv >>> > file out there. Up until last week I was able to open these kinds of >>> > attachments with no problems. Windows Media Player automatically >>> > started >>> > playing the file when clicking on OPEN. Same with burning CD's, can't >>> > do >>> > that anymore since last week. WHAT IS GOING ON??? >>> > >>> > I can view this if I save the attachment to my hard drive, but don't >>> > want >>> > to >>> > have to do that EVERY time I receive one of these. >>> > >>> > I have Windows XP for an operating system. >>> > -- >>> > K. Christiansen >>> >>> > >
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