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10 years ago

I received an e-mail from our strata manager that I wanted to open but it said 'this file does not have a program asociated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the folder options control panel'. I went into the control panel but could not find where I was to create an association.
Has any one got an suggestions as I will be getting an e-mail from this person at least once a month and would really like to be able to open it.

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llaatt22
10 years ago
You probably need to contact the sender first for more info if your other emails from elsewhere work ok.
I've never tried making changes in that area but the tutorial seems fairly clear.
Hope someone with more knowledge of the subject can help.

Here is a link that might be useful: Tutorial
owbist
10 years ago
Is this the email itself or an attachment you are unable to read?

If it is an attachment what is the 3 letter suffix, those 3 letters at the end of the file name after the . (dot)?
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I'm confused by "no file listed". What makes you think there is something there to open? If it is an image, I'll bet the sender tried to embed the image in the email. This doesn't always work smoothly since there are hundreds of email clients and webmail programs and no two work exactly the same. It's far better (IMHO) to ATTACH the file to the email. Just my $.02.
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Tia the pps extension more than likey is a PowerPoint Slideshow extension. Microsoft has a free PowerPoint Viewer for download and also the free Open Office should have an application to be able to handle these files for you.
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mystic_2008
Original Author
10 years ago
owbist
This is the e-mail its self that I am trying to open and cant.
zep516
10 years ago
We that need to know the windows operating system and the E-Mail client .

You can also Google This file does not have a program asociated e mail
mikie_gw
10 years ago
Why would your manager send an email that you couldn't open. Something smells fishy to me. Or there is more to the story.

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