G
G. Edwards
Unable to open any Ecel folders or Files or attachments
sent in emails using excel format. Problem came up "out
of the blue"
sent in emails using excel format. Problem came up "out
of the blue"
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J
Jim Macklin
Reinstall Excel. Check your file association table.
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| Unable to open any Ecel folders or Files or attachments
| sent in emails using excel format. Problem came up "out
| of the blue"
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The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| Unable to open any Ecel folders or Files or attachments
| sent in emails using excel format. Problem came up "out
| of the blue"
S
Star Fleet Admiral Q
To add to what Jim said - check with the experts in the Office/Excel
newsgroups.
newsgroups.
K
Ken Blake, MVP
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Please help us to help you. What does "Unable to open" mean? What
happens when you try? If you get an error message, please quote
it verbatim.
Is this in Outlook Express? Do you get a message saying something
like "Outlook Express has removed access to the following unsafe
attachments..."?
If so, you probably installed SP1 recently. Read my standard
message on this, below:
Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for any
file type which *can* contain a virus. It's not a virus checker,
doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean
that there actually is a virus there.
Such attachments *are* very risky. You often see advice not to
open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's
one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around,
because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open
attachments from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread
by sending themselves to everyone in the infected party's address
book, so attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most*
risky to open.
Personally I think what Outlook Express does is good; I never
open executable attachments at all, except from a *very* few
trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them. But if
you want to remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go to
Tools | Options, and on the security tab, uncheck "Do not allow
attachments..."
G. Edwards said:Unable to open any Ecel folders or Files or attachments
sent in emails using excel format. Problem came up "out
of the blue"
Please help us to help you. What does "Unable to open" mean? What
happens when you try? If you get an error message, please quote
it verbatim.
Is this in Outlook Express? Do you get a message saying something
like "Outlook Express has removed access to the following unsafe
attachments..."?
If so, you probably installed SP1 recently. Read my standard
message on this, below:
Starting with SP1, Outlook Express does this by default, for any
file type which *can* contain a virus. It's not a virus checker,
doesn't actually check the attachments, and this doesn't mean
that there actually is a virus there.
Such attachments *are* very risky. You often see advice not to
open attachments from people you don't know. I think that that's
one of the most dangerous pieces of advice you see around,
because it implies that it's safe to do the opposite--open
attachments from friends and relatives. But many viruses spread
by sending themselves to everyone in the infected party's address
book, so attachments received from friends are perhaps the *most*
risky to open.
Personally I think what Outlook Express does is good; I never
open executable attachments at all, except from a *very* few
trusted sources, and then only when I'm expecting them. But if
you want to remove this safeguard, it's easy to do so: go to
Tools | Options, and on the security tab, uncheck "Do not allow
attachments..."