Hello,

I have a similar situation and hope that someone will be able to help. I am
not able to open excel files that are e-mailed to me. I can open Word, PDF
files, but not Excel. This is a recent problem and I get a message that the
file cannot be found and to recheck the spelling. I can open existing Excel
files that I have been working on, but not new ones that are e-mailed. I have
a Windows Vista operating system and am not a "tech person"

Thanks,
Keith

"SteveT" wrote:

Since today I have been unable to open attachments (word, excel and jpg)
except pdf files. I am able to copy and paste to a folder and open from the
folder. I get a "The file can not be found" message. Had a big windows
service pack yesterday, could that change any mail settings?

Can you open the emailed files if you save them to your desktop first?

"KeithF" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a similar situation and hope that someone will be able to help. I
am
not able to open excel files that are e-mailed to me. I can open Word, PDF
files, but not Excel. This is a recent problem and I get a message that
the
file cannot be found and to recheck the spelling. I can open existing
Excel
files that I have been working on, but not new ones that are e-mailed. I
have
a Windows Vista operating system and am not a "tech person"

Thanks,
Keith

"SteveT" wrote:

Since today I have been unable to open attachments (word, excel and jpg)
except pdf files. I am able to copy and paste to a folder and open from
the
folder. I get a "The file can not be found" message. Had a big windows
service pack yesterday, could that change any mail settings?

Make sure you have installed Vista's SP1 and SP2 and all Windows updates.
There was a problem a while back with attachments, but it was fixed by
a Windows update.

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
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"KeithF" wrote in message ...

Hello,

I have a similar situation and hope that someone will be able to help. I am
not able to open excel files that are e-mailed to me. I can open Word, PDF
files, but not Excel. This is a recent problem and I get a message that the
file cannot be found and to recheck the spelling. I can open existing Excel
files that I have been working on, but not new ones that are e-mailed. I have
a Windows Vista operating system and am not a "tech person"

Thanks,
Keith

"SteveT" wrote:

Since today I have been unable to open attachments (word, excel and jpg)
except pdf files. I am able to copy and paste to a folder and open from the
folder. I get a "The file can not be found" message. Had a big windows
service pack yesterday, could that change any mail settings?

Same, same, I'm afraid.

Except I can open jpg files but not pdf, Excel or Word unless I save them to
my hard drive. When I try to open them direct from WLM, the programme
freezes and has to be closed via Task Manager.

Have tried a complete uninstall/reinstall of Windows Live Mail, but no joy.

I hope someone (at Microsoft?) can advise us on this problem soon....

"KeithF" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I have a similar situation and hope that someone will be able to help. I
am
not able to open excel files that are e-mailed to me. I can open Word, PDF
files, but not Excel. This is a recent problem and I get a message that
the
file cannot be found and to recheck the spelling. I can open existing
Excel
files that I have been working on, but not new ones that are e-mailed. I
have
a Windows Vista operating system and am not a "tech person"

Thanks,
Keith

"SteveT" wrote:

Since today I have been unable to open attachments (word, excel and jpg)
except pdf files. I am able to copy and paste to a folder and open from
the
folder. I get a "The file can not be found" message. Had a big windows
service pack yesterday, could that change any mail settings?