All Things Mopar
March 8th 06, 11:27 AM
Ever since getting my Win XP Pro SP2 system late last year, I've
had a strange inconsistency when clicking on the "paper clip"
icon for an attachment in Outlook Express 6 E-mails.
As best I can tell, /all/ attachment types defined in my file
associations list correctly show a dialog box "do you want to
open this file - Open or cancel" /EXCEPT/ for JPG graphics
files.
I have JPGs and their various variants associated to Paint Shop
Pro 9. What happpens if I click on a JPG attachment in OE6 is
that PSP 9 /immediately/ opens the file and I /never/ get the
"open or cancel" dialog box. Among other things I've tried is
un-asscociating JPG extensions. This uses Windows Picture and
FAX viewer as expected, and /does/ activate OE's "open or
cancel" dialog box. But, re-associating JPG to PSP goes right
back to a straight open for an OE attachement.
Can't figure this out. Naturally, I checked Explorer>Tools>
Folder options>File Types and verified and re-verified that I
have JPGs set to "ask before open".
I do /not/ want to get prompted on an ordinary double-click in
Explorer, just when I get a JPG in an OE6 E-mail.
What am I missing here? I've looked in the MS KB at a number of
articles, including http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883260/en-us
but nothing explains this bizzare behavior I'm seeing. Ditto for
Googling, nuttin', honey.
Thanks for any insights you may have.
--
ATM, aka Jerry
"Whether You Think You CAN Or CAN'T, You're Right." – Henry Ford
had a strange inconsistency when clicking on the "paper clip"
icon for an attachment in Outlook Express 6 E-mails.
As best I can tell, /all/ attachment types defined in my file
associations list correctly show a dialog box "do you want to
open this file - Open or cancel" /EXCEPT/ for JPG graphics
files.
I have JPGs and their various variants associated to Paint Shop
Pro 9. What happpens if I click on a JPG attachment in OE6 is
that PSP 9 /immediately/ opens the file and I /never/ get the
"open or cancel" dialog box. Among other things I've tried is
un-asscociating JPG extensions. This uses Windows Picture and
FAX viewer as expected, and /does/ activate OE's "open or
cancel" dialog box. But, re-associating JPG to PSP goes right
back to a straight open for an OE attachement.
Can't figure this out. Naturally, I checked Explorer>Tools>
Folder options>File Types and verified and re-verified that I
have JPGs set to "ask before open".
I do /not/ want to get prompted on an ordinary double-click in
Explorer, just when I get a JPG in an OE6 E-mail.
What am I missing here? I've looked in the MS KB at a number of
articles, including http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883260/en-us
but nothing explains this bizzare behavior I'm seeing. Ditto for
Googling, nuttin', honey.
Thanks for any insights you may have.
--
ATM, aka Jerry
"Whether You Think You CAN Or CAN'T, You're Right." – Henry Ford