re: opening attachments in Outlook Express 6.0
Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 4:26 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Terry
(2 messages posted)
Thank you for the follow up. The attachment is a docx. file. Originally when I tried
to open it the "open with" window popped up and I chose wordpad so it always opens
in wordpad. How can I change it to open in another program.
TM
On Friday, April 11, 2008 at 7:15 pm, C K wrote:
>You first have to know what the file is, what program created it, in addition to
>the version of program (if something like MS Word) created it and/or what version
>it was saved as, before it was sent to you. Notepad and Wordpad handle only the
>basic word processor files (such as Office 95 docs) and can not handle many of the
>MS office/word formats since then.
>
>Ask the sender what program, version, and "saved as" version the files were created
>in. You then have to use a program able to open and read the files correctly if
>Notepad and Wordpad can't do it.
>
>A free app that can handle most doc files is "Open Office" but not sure if newer
>versions work on Win 9X. I've had problems with it handling some file formats correctly
>and crashing so can't endorse it whole heartedly, but it may work for you if you
>need something to read the files.
>
>Also make sure they aren't compressed. you would have to decompress them first.
> What is the file extension? (3 digit extension after the dot-- Example: myfile.zip
>)
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