OE6 troubles - can not open a simple .pdf attachment
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From: JVRudnick on 20 Jan 2010 15:33 Hello all.. after having some difficulties a month ago and having to reset IE7 back to original setup....and then installing Acrobat 9.3....my .pdf's as email attachments in OE6 will no longer open, tho I can save to the desktop and they open up fine using the new Acrobat 9.3 when I do just try to open up the attachment, I get a modal window that simply states the same "this file does not have a program assoc...." etc and go to Folder Options to set that up. Been there and done that like 5 times and STILL can not just open up a .pdf attachment. googled for same and have re reg'd all the various .dlls needed, except for some reason the mshtml.dll gives me this error "mshtml.dll was loaded but the dll register server entry point was not found. This file cannot be registered." so can someone offer why that might be and how do I now fix that? Jim XPPro/SP3 and completely updated all the time; OE6 too...
From: Bruce Hagen on 20 Jan 2010 15:38 Save the attachment to your HDD. Right click on it and Open With | Choose Program. Find and choose a program that works 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 [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "JVRudnick" <JVRudnick(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E26A84AC-FBE3-447A-9C80-C8E3BB0B06E6(a)microsoft.com... > Hello all.. > after having some difficulties a month ago and having to reset IE7 back > to > original setup....and then installing Acrobat 9.3....my .pdf's as email > attachments in OE6 will no longer open, tho I can save to the desktop > and > they open up fine using the new Acrobat 9.3 > > when I do just try to open up the attachment, I get a modal window that > simply states the same "this file does not have a program assoc...." etc > and > go to Folder Options to set that up. Been there and done that like 5 > times > and STILL can not just open up a .pdf attachment. > > googled for same and have re reg'd all the various .dlls needed, except > for > some reason the mshtml.dll gives me this error "mshtml.dll was > loaded but the dll register server entry point was not found. This file > cannot be registered." > > so can someone offer why that might be and how do I now fix that? > > Jim > > XPPro/SP3 and completely updated all the time; OE6 too...
From: JVRudnick on 21 Jan 2010 10:24 thanks for the response, Bruce...but did that weeks ago. this does not work on my workstation...no matter how often I try that, it DOES ensure of course that all .pdf icons on the desktop DO open when dbl/clked... but it does NOT get those same .pdfs to open via OE6... is there any other answer, as that wont work in this case? Jim "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 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 [Mail] > Imperial Beach, CA > > > "JVRudnick" <JVRudnick(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E26A84AC-FBE3-447A-9C80-C8E3BB0B06E6(a)microsoft.com... > > Hello all.. > > after having some difficulties a month ago and having to reset IE7 back > > to > > original setup....and then installing Acrobat 9.3....my .pdf's as email > > attachments in OE6 will no longer open, tho I can save to the desktop > > and > > they open up fine using the new Acrobat 9.3 > > > > when I do just try to open up the attachment, I get a modal window that > > simply states the same "this file does not have a program assoc...." etc > > and > > go to Folder Options to set that up. Been there and done that like 5 > > times > > and STILL can not just open up a .pdf attachment. > > > > googled for same and have re reg'd all the various .dlls needed, except > > for > > some reason the mshtml.dll gives me this error "mshtml.dll was > > loaded but the dll register server entry point was not found. This file > > cannot be registered." > > > > so can someone offer why that might be and how do I now fix that? > > > > Jim > > > > XPPro/SP3 and completely updated all the time; OE6 too... > > . >
From: Bruce Hagen on 21 Jan 2010 11:34 Do you have Adobe Reader installed as well as Acrobat? IIRC, there is some sort of conflict with Acrobat. What I don't recall is if you had to get the reader as well and associate the attachments with that, or if you had both there was no fix. What do you have? -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail] Imperial Beach, CA "JVRudnick" <JVRudnick(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A104CA8C-7A4F-40B3-9232-BE16F0DCCA3A(a)microsoft.com... > thanks for the response, Bruce...but did that weeks ago. this does not > work > on my workstation...no matter how often I try that, it DOES ensure of > course > that all .pdf icons on the desktop DO open when dbl/clked... > > but it does NOT get those same .pdfs to open via OE6... > > is there any other answer, as that wont work in this case? > > Jim > > "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 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 [Mail] >> Imperial Beach, CA >> >> >> "JVRudnick" <JVRudnick(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:E26A84AC-FBE3-447A-9C80-C8E3BB0B06E6(a)microsoft.com... >> > Hello all.. >> > after having some difficulties a month ago and having to reset IE7 >> > back >> > to >> > original setup....and then installing Acrobat 9.3....my .pdf's as >> > attachments in OE6 will no longer open, tho I can save to the desktop >> > and >> > they open up fine using the new Acrobat 9.3 >> > >> > when I do just try to open up the attachment, I get a modal window >> > that >> > simply states the same "this file does not have a program assoc...." >> > etc >> > and >> > go to Folder Options to set that up. Been there and done that like 5 >> > times >> > and STILL can not just open up a .pdf attachment. >> > >> > googled for same and have re reg'd all the various .dlls needed, >> > except >> > for >> > some reason the mshtml.dll gives me this error "mshtml.dll was >> > loaded but the dll register server entry point was not found. This >> > file >> > cannot be registered." >> > >> > so can someone offer why that might be and how do I now fix that? >> > >> > Jim >> > >> > XPPro/SP3 and completely updated all the time; OE6 too... >> >> . >>
From: JVRudnick on 21 Jan 2010 14:03
have done exactly that MANY times.....and does not work... might there be an alternate answer to this? ?? Jim "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 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 [Mail] > Imperial Beach, CA > > > "JVRudnick" <JVRudnick(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E26A84AC-FBE3-447A-9C80-C8E3BB0B06E6(a)microsoft.com... > > Hello all.. > > after having some difficulties a month ago and having to reset IE7 back > > to > > original setup....and then installing Acrobat 9.3....my .pdf's as email > > attachments in OE6 will no longer open, tho I can save to the desktop > > and > > they open up fine using the new Acrobat 9.3 > > > > when I do just try to open up the attachment, I get a modal window that > > simply states the same "this file does not have a program assoc...." etc > > and > > go to Folder Options to set that up. Been there and done that like 5 > > times > > and STILL can not just open up a .pdf attachment. > > > > googled for same and have re reg'd all the various .dlls needed, except > > for > > some reason the mshtml.dll gives me this error "mshtml.dll was > > loaded but the dll register server entry point was not found. This file > > cannot be registered." > > > > so can someone offer why that might be and how do I now fix that? > > > > Jim > > > > XPPro/SP3 and completely updated all the time; OE6 too... > > . > |