Microsoft KB Archive/938811

= Attachments that contain the .gadget extension cannot be opened in Outlook 2003 after you install Office 2003 Service Pack 3 =

Article ID: 938811

Article Last Modified on 9/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
 * Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

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SYMPTOMS
You install Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 (SP3). If you try to open an attachment that has the .gadget extension in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, the attachment does not open.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the .gadget extension has been added to the blocked file types in Office 2003 SP3.



MORE INFORMATION
A gadget file contains executable code that could potentially harm your computer. Therefore, .gadget attachments have been disabled in Outlook 2003 SP3.

For information about the file types that are restricted or disabled in Outlook 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/HA011402971033.aspx

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

829982 Cannot open attachments in Microsoft Outlook

For more information about how to obtain the latest Office 2003 service pack, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

870924 How to obtain the latest service pack for Office 2003

Additional query words: outlook2003 outlook2k3 outlook11 ol2003 ol2k3 ol11

Keywords: kbtshoot kbprb kbemail kbpubtypekc kbopenfile kbupdateissue kbattachments kbexpertisebeginner KB938811

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