You receive an open failure error message when you open an attachment in Outlook (312342)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
- Microsoft Outlook 2002
- Microsoft Outlook 2000
- Microsoft Outlook 98
- Microsoft Outlook 97
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 for Windows 2000
- Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 for Windows 2000
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 for Windows 2000
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 for Windows Millennium Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 for Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 for Windows 98
- Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 for Windows NT 4.0
This article was previously published under Q312342 SYMPTOMS When you open an attachment in Outlook, you may receive the
following error message: The file file
name does not have a program associated with it for this action.
To create an association, double-click My Computer on your desktop. On the View
menu, click Options, and then click File Types. CAUSE This behavior can occur if the file attachment does not
have a file name extension that is registered with a program on your computer.
This behavior can also occur if the file attachment does not have any file name
extension. For example, if you save a Notepad file without the .txt extension,
the file name has no association to the Notepad program when the file is
received as an e-mail attachment. RESOLUTION To resolve this behavior, associate a file type with the
file:
- Right-click the attachment, and then click Open.
- Click Save it to disk, and then click OK.
- Click the desktop icon, and then click Save.
- Right-click the file, and then click Open With.
- Click the program that you want to associate the file with,
and then click OK.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 12/13/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbattachments kbopenfile kbConfig kberrmsg kbprb KB312342 |
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