File Association

[Pioneer 1]

Have just gotten an E-Mail with attachments. When I click on the
attachments, I get a message that tells me "there is no file associated with
this action. Create an association in Folder Options in Control pannel."

My question is, how do I know what type of file the sender used....and how
do I know what file association I should use if I don't know what the sender
used. If the sender used some form of picture sender, how would I get the
message if I used "Word" association?
David of IC

 

[Terry R.]

Re: File Association

The date and time was 10/28/2008 3:31 PM, and on a whim, Pioneer 1
pounded out on the keyboard:

> Have just gotten an E-Mail with attachments. When I click on the
> attachments, I get a message that tells me "there is no file associated with
> this action. Create an association in Folder Options in Control pannel."
>
> My question is, how do I know what type of file the sender used....and how
> do I know what file association I should use if I don't know what the sender
> used. If the sender used some form of picture sender, how would I get the
> message if I used "Word" association?
> David of IC
>
>

Hi David,

Email the sender back and ask. Sometimes I receive an attachment
without an extension and guess at what it might be. Using "Save As",
with the proper extension should allow you to open it in the associated
program.

--
Terry R.

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[Malke]

Re: File Association

Pioneer 1 wrote:

> Have just gotten an E-Mail with attachments. When I click on the
> attachments, I get a message that tells me "there is no file associated
> with
> this action. Create an association in Folder Options in Control pannel."
>
> My question is, how do I know what type of file the sender used....and how
> do I know what file association I should use if I don't know what the
> sender
> used. If the sender used some form of picture sender, how would I get
> the message if I used "Word" association?
> David of IC

First, make sure you can see file extensions. Do this from Control
Panel>Folder Options>View tab. Uncheck "hide extensions for known file
types".

Now save the attachment somewhere you'll find it. The last three letters in
the file name, after the "dot", are the extension. You can look it up here:

http://www.fileext.com

or post back with what it is if you still need more help. Knowing the file
extension should tell you (or us) what program is needed to open the file.
Of course, you can always email your correspondent and ask them what they
sent!

HTH,

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
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[Patrick Keenan]

Re: File Association

"Pioneer 1" <sentrysouth@hargary.com> wrote in message
news:uppN7zUOJHA.1896@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Have just gotten an E-Mail with attachments. When I click on the
> attachments, I get a message that tells me "there is no file associated
> with this action. Create an association in Folder Options in Control
> pannel."
>
> My question is, how do I know what type of file the sender used....and how
> do I know what file association I should use if I don't know what the
> sender used. If the sender used some form of picture sender, how would
> I get the message if I used "Word" association?
> David of IC

If you're using Outlook Express for mail, sometimes you can't open
attachments directly from a message and will get that message even if you DO
have a program associated with the file type; you have to save it to disk
first and then open it.

Make a folder on the desktop, for example, and open that folder and the mail
message. Drag the attachment to the folder, and then try opening it.

If you still get the message, it's then likely that you don't have a program
associated with the file type. You do need to know the extension of the
file. If you don't know what the extension refers to, you can post it
back here or do a Google search on the file type.

For some file types, such as documents from Sun OpenOffice, you can often
find filters so that programs like Word can open them, and you don't have to
install OpenOffice if you have Word. On the other hand, if it's
something like a powerpoint file (.ppt), and you don't have PowerPoint, you
can get a free reader from MS.

HTH
-pk