cannot receive certain files

[MikeyP]

Hi there!
I'm using messenger, and when a friend of mine tries to send me some mp3
songs, i get a pop-up message saying windows sp2 has detected that this file
might be harmful and has blocked access.
however, i can't find this file anywhere on my HD. it has a .mp3 extension

i've researched a tad into this, and it turns out its most likely the
windows sp2 attachment manager that is tagging this file as potentially
harmful. what I don't understand is why it deletes the file? i am supposed to
be able to right click on the file and set UNBLOCK, but the file dissapears
from My Received Files folder ..

I haven't found an easy to understand way how to make attachment manager
accept .MP3 files using messenger! I haven't had any problems receiving other
file types using messenger, nor have i had problems receiving mp3 files by
email either!

any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
mike

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Mike,

To fix this, download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg

You'll need to restart Messenger to see the change.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"MikeyP" > wrote in message
...
> Hi there!
> I'm using messenger, and when a friend of mine tries to send me some mp3
> songs, i get a pop-up message saying windows sp2 has detected that this file
> might be harmful and has blocked access.
> however, i can't find this file anywhere on my HD. it has a .mp3 extension
>
> i've researched a tad into this, and it turns out its most likely the
> windows sp2 attachment manager that is tagging this file as potentially
> harmful. what I don't understand is why it deletes the file? i am supposed to
> be able to right click on the file and set UNBLOCK, but the file dissapears
> from My Received Files folder ..
>
> I haven't found an easy to understand way how to make attachment manager
> accept .MP3 files using messenger! I haven't had any problems receiving other
> file types using messenger, nor have i had problems receiving mp3 files by
> email either!
>
> any help would be greatly appreciated.
> thanks
> mike

[MikeyP]

Thank you! That solved my problem

mike

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Mike,
>
> To fix this, download and run the following .reg file:
> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg
>
> You'll need to restart Messenger to see the change.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "MikeyP" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi there!
> > I'm using messenger, and when a friend of mine tries to send me some mp3
> > songs, i get a pop-up message saying windows sp2 has detected that this file
> > might be harmful and has blocked access.
> > however, i can't find this file anywhere on my HD. it has a .mp3 extension
> >
> > i've researched a tad into this, and it turns out its most likely the
> > windows sp2 attachment manager that is tagging this file as potentially
> > harmful. what I don't understand is why it deletes the file? i am supposed to
> > be able to right click on the file and set UNBLOCK, but the file dissapears
> > from My Received Files folder ..
> >
> > I haven't found an easy to understand way how to make attachment manager
> > accept .MP3 files using messenger! I haven't had any problems receiving other
> > file types using messenger, nor have i had problems receiving mp3 files by
> > email either!
> >
> > any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > thanks
> > mike
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Mike,

Excellent.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"MikeyP" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you! That solved my problem
>
> mike
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings Mike,
>>
>> To fix this, download and run the following .reg file:
>> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg
>>
>> You'll need to restart Messenger to see the change.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "MikeyP" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Hi there!
>> > I'm using messenger, and when a friend of mine tries to send me some mp3
>> > songs, i get a pop-up message saying windows sp2 has detected that this file
>> > might be harmful and has blocked access.
>> > however, i can't find this file anywhere on my HD. it has a .mp3 extension
>> >
>> > i've researched a tad into this, and it turns out its most likely the
>> > windows sp2 attachment manager that is tagging this file as potentially
>> > harmful. what I don't understand is why it deletes the file? i am supposed to
>> > be able to right click on the file and set UNBLOCK, but the file dissapears
>> > from My Received Files folder ..
>> >
>> > I haven't found an easy to understand way how to make attachment manager
>> > accept .MP3 files using messenger! I haven't had any problems receiving other
>> > file types using messenger, nor have i had problems receiving mp3 files by
>> > email either!
>> >
>> > any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> > thanks
>> > mike
>>
>>
>>