Microsoft KB Archive/129870

= PC Win: Opening Attachments Without an Extension =

Article ID: 129870

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Mail Client 3.2

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This article was previously published under Q129870



SUMMARY
When you use version 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows, you may receive a message with an attachment; however, the attachment will not have an extension on the name. If a file does not have an extension, you can not double-click it to open and read it.

You can open a file without an extension into the NOTEPAD.EXE application by pressing the ALT key and double-clicking the attachment icon.

NOTE: Notepad will be launched in the background. As a result, you will have to switch to Notepad to see the attached document. However, if the file is not ASCII text, it may not be readable.



MORE INFORMATION
Windows applications have a feature called File Association that will launch a specific application when you double-click an attachment. However, this feature will not help you open a file without an extension.

For additional information, please see the File Associations topic in your Microsoft Windows documentation.

Additional query words: 3.20 attachments extension

Keywords: KB129870

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