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How do I open attachments

Outlook is not opening attachments and says there is no viewer
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Sounds like it is a picture file, but could be wrong.

Can you save the attachment to your desktop then right-click and choose programs, try windows picture viewer.

But yes as great_gentle_man points out, if you could provide the file extension that would be most helpful
save the attachment to your desktop or any other folder for that matter. follow instructions below

To show or hide file name extensions:-

1.

Click the Start button.

2.

Click Control Panel.

3.

Click Appearance and Personalization.

4.

Click Folder Options.

5.

Click the View tab and then, under Advanced settings.

6.

To show file name extensions, clear the Hide extensions for known file types check box, and then click OK.
(when done with your task and want to hide file extensions follow from step 1 to 5 and in step 6 click the Hide extensions check box )
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File extensions are xls; xlsx; doc and docx and yes the programs are installed and are associated correctly. Pdfs open with no problem.
Also, outlook gives a message that there is no viewer for Word documents and Excel documents.
Also when you save the files at your desktop and try to open it directly, are they opening correctly?
hi,

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