I am totally flummoxed - so if you respond to this, pleae be very basic.
I use Windows98, and Norton virus/internet protection.

Attachments sent to me (from various people) open as wordpad regardless of
whether I save them or open directly. If I open the same attachment from an
internet mail service, they open correctly (ie not in wordpad).

I believe I am up-to-date in all downloads etc.

ALSO - If I must uninstall and reinstall IE, to fix this problem, I need to
know whether the messages I currently have in my inbox and files will
disappear. I do not want that to happen.

tia

Save the attachment to your hard-drive > Shift+Right-click on the save file
> Open with > Choose application you want to be the default and also check
the "Always open with..." box.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org

stumped and perplexed wrote:
> I am totally flummoxed - so if you respond to this, pleae be very basic.
> I use Windows98, and Norton virus/internet protection.
>
> Attachments sent to me (from various people) open as wordpad regardless of
> whether I save them or open directly. If I open the same attachment from
> an internet mail service, they open correctly (ie not in wordpad).
>
> I believe I am up-to-date in all downloads etc.
>
> ALSO - If I must uninstall and reinstall IE, to fix this problem, I need
> to know whether the messages I currently have in my inbox and files will
> disappear. I do not want that to happen.
>
> tia

thanks for showing me how to change the application, but I don't know what to
change them to (how do I make the default "how they sent it to me originally"?
Does that make sense? the attachments are listed in my docs as .eml

"PA Bear" wrote:

> Save the attachment to your hard-drive > Shift+Right-click on the save file
> > Open with > Choose application you want to be the default and also check
> the "Always open with..." box.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
>
> stumped and perplexed wrote:
> > I am totally flummoxed - so if you respond to this, pleae be very basic.
> > I use Windows98, and Norton virus/internet protection.
> >
> > Attachments sent to me (from various people) open as wordpad regardless of
> > whether I save them or open directly. If I open the same attachment from
> > an internet mail service, they open correctly (ie not in wordpad).
> >
> > I believe I am up-to-date in all downloads etc.
> >
> > ALSO - If I must uninstall and reinstall IE, to fix this problem, I need
> > to know whether the messages I currently have in my inbox and files will
> > disappear. I do not want that to happen.
> >
> > tia
>
>

..eml files should be opened by Outlook Express.
--
Ron Sommer

"stumped and perplexed" <stumpedandperplexed@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:82E0561D-B038-4CA1-A208-C944CDEDD562@microsoft.com...
> thanks for showing me how to change the application, but I don't know what
> to
> change them to (how do I make the default "how they sent it to me
> originally"?
> Does that make sense? the attachments are listed in my docs as .eml
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> Save the attachment to your hard-drive > Shift+Right-click on the save
>> file
>> > Open with > Choose application you want to be the default and also
>> check
>> the "Always open with..." box.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
>>
>> stumped and perplexed wrote:
>> > I am totally flummoxed - so if you respond to this, pleae be very
>> > basic.
>> > I use Windows98, and Norton virus/internet protection.
>> >
>> > Attachments sent to me (from various people) open as wordpad regardless
>> > of
>> > whether I save them or open directly. If I open the same attachment
>> > from
>> > an internet mail service, they open correctly (ie not in wordpad).
>> >
>> > I believe I am up-to-date in all downloads etc.
>> >
>> > ALSO - If I must uninstall and reinstall IE, to fix this problem, I
>> > need
>> > to know whether the messages I currently have in my inbox and files
>> > will
>> > disappear. I do not want that to happen.
>> >
>> > tia
>>
>>

Ah...!

Choose 'Outlook Express' (msimn.exe) for EML and EMAIL attachments, S&P.
(Then ask all your AOL friends to stop sending multiple Forwards, too.
<wink>)
--
~PA Bear

stumped and perplexed wrote:
> thanks for showing me how to change the application, but I don't know
> what to change them to (how do I make the default "how they sent it to me
> originally"? Does that make sense? the attachments are listed in my docs
> as .eml
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
> > Save the attachment to your hard-drive > Shift+Right-click on the save
> > file > Open with > Choose application you want to be the default and
> > also check the "Always open with..." box.
> > --
> > ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> > MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
> >
> > stumped and perplexed wrote:
> > > I am totally flummoxed - so if you respond to this, pleae be very
> > > basic. I use Windows98, and Norton virus/internet protection.
> > >
> > > Attachments sent to me (from various people) open as wordpad
> > > regardless of whether I save them or open directly. If I open the
> > > same attachment from an internet mail service, they open correctly
> > > (ie not in wordpad).
> > >
> > > I believe I am up-to-date in all downloads etc.
> > >
> > > ALSO - If I must uninstall and reinstall IE, to fix this problem, I
> > > need to know whether the messages I currently have in my inbox and
> > > files will disappear. I do not want that to happen.
> > >
> > > tia

See the Identifying Attachment File Types and Setting File Associations
section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...e.htm#identify


--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"stumped and perplexed" <stumpedandperplexed@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
news:82E0561D-B038-4CA1-A208-C944CDEDD562@microsoft.com...
> thanks for showing me how to change the application, but I don't know
> what to
> change them to (how do I make the default "how they sent it to me
> originally"?
> Does that make sense? the attachments are listed in my docs as .eml
>
> "PA Bear" wrote:
>
>> Save the attachment to your hard-drive > Shift+Right-click on the
>> save file
>> > Open with > Choose application you want to be the default and also
>> check
>> the "Always open with..." box.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP,
>> DTS-L.org
>>
>> stumped and perplexed wrote:
>> > I am totally flummoxed - so if you respond to this, pleae be very
>> > basic.
>> > I use Windows98, and Norton virus/internet protection.
>> >
>> > Attachments sent to me (from various people) open as wordpad
>> > regardless of
>> > whether I save them or open directly. If I open the same
>> > attachment from
>> > an internet mail service, they open correctly (ie not in wordpad).
>> >
>> > I believe I am up-to-date in all downloads etc.
>> >
>> > ALSO - If I must uninstall and reinstall IE, to fix this problem, I
>> > need
>> > to know whether the messages I currently have in my inbox and files
>> > will
>> > disappear. I do not want that to happen.
>> >
>> > tia
>>
>>