Microsoft KB Archive/296065

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Article ID: 296065

Article Last Modified on 6/5/2003



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition



This article was previously published under Q296065

SYMPTOMS

When you try to open an e-mail attachment in Outlook 2000, you may not be able to do so.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if one or more of the following files are damaged:

  • Frmcache.dat
  • Outcmd.dat
  • Extend.dat


WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, start Windows Explorer, rename the Frmcache.dat, Outcmd.dat, and Extend.dat files, and then restart Outlook 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

Customers have reported this behavior as occurring after they apply the Outlook E-mail Security Update. Microsoft has been unable to reproduce this behavior. For information about the Outlook E-mail Security Update, see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

259228 OL2000: Attachment Security Features Included In SR-1/SR-1a


195843 OL2000: Troubleshooting Security Issues in Outlook


235309 Outlook E-mail Attachment Security Update



Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords: kbprb KB296065