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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows Vista and 7 => Topic started by: rjbinney on July 05, 2011, 11:23:11 PM
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This used to be an easy fix in XP...
But after much Googling, I'm sure whatever I will do will screw things up.
I received an email in my Outlook 2007 with an .html attachment. When I opened it, I accidentally unchecked the "Always Ask Before Opening..." option.
I'd like to restore it.
In XP, you could to to Folder Options=>File Types, but I'm using 7 now, and that's gone.
Under "Default Programs" in Control Panel, it doesn't seem to give me the option.
I found many articles such as this one (http://www.mydigitallife.info/reset-always-ask-before-opening-this-type-of-file-check-box-in-vista-ie/) that tells me how to fix it in the Registry if I'm using IE, but I'm not - I'm using Outlook, so I'm a titch nervous about screwing with RegEdit if'n I don't have to.
Open for advice.
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I received an email in my Outlook 2007 with an .html attachment. When I opened it, I accidentally unchecked the "Always Ask Before Opening..." option.
I'd like to restore it.
In XP, you could to to Folder Options=>File Types, but I'm using 7 now, and that's gone.
Under "Default Programs" in Control Panel, it doesn't seem to give me the option.
I found many articles such as this one (http://www.mydigitallife.info/reset-always-ask-before-opening-this-type-of-file-check-box-in-vista-ie/) that tells me how to fix it in the Registry if I'm using IE, but I'm not - I'm using Outlook, so I'm a titch nervous about screwing with RegEdit if'n I don't have to.
Seems to me you need to spend some time getting this all sorted out in your head first and then try posting again. Your first post here reflects a lack of a clear understanding by by your of your problem. First, while it's possible to send an HTML file as an attachment, it's unusual to do so; more likely, someone would just put the URL to a website in an email message. So, I suspect you've got the facts wrong there.
Also, the link you posted to a reference does not pertain to Outlook. It pertains solely to IE. And, I have the impression this is really where your question lies; I suspect your question pertains to downloading with IE and how to make IE, not Outlook, ask you "Always ask before opening this type of file".
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My head is quite sorted, thank you.
I do indeed "have a clear understanding by by my of my problem". I described a specific concern, yet you "suspect" it isn't what I asked, but rather what I said specifically it is NOT? Interesting.
Again:
I received an email in Outlook with an .html attachment. I accidentally clicked "Always Ask Before Opening", and I don't want that.
My search for help - to attempt to solve the problem myself before posting here - only turned up articles about IE, NOT Outlook. I need a suggestion for Outlook. I believe the sentence in my post that read "I found many articles... that tell me how to fix it If I'm using IE, but I'm not - I'm using Outlook" indicated my understanding that the literature I was finding was not helpful to me.
So... How can I tell Outlook 2007, in a machine running Windows 7, how to re-confirm NEXT time I receive an .html attachment that I would like to be asked before opening? (Or any type of attachment, for that matter?)
(btw, it's NOT unusual for travel companies to send confirmations as .html documents.)
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Windows Vista and Windows 7
Ask again before opening
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/352
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You can also try this tip....
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/80
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Spoiler:
I'd seen that last night, but it seemed that it was the exact OPPOSITE of what I was trying to accomplish - it was for folks who didn't have the option to turn off notification, but wanted to.
Salmon (if that IS your real name):
I will try that. I hadn't found that exact piece, but I'd seen lots of stuff suggesting regedit, which always worries me. But I will give it a try and let you know.
Thanks, both.
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So that worked, Salmon. Begs the question - was that an Outlook-only solution, or does it affect ALL times I try to launch .html files. That's not that frequently, so no big whoop.
Thanks again.
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I'd seen that last night, but it seemed that it was the exact OPPOSITE of what I was trying to accomplish - it was for folks who didn't have the option to turn off notification, but wanted to.
Yes, I'd noticed that.
Salmon (if that IS your real name):
No, it isn't. It is the name of a railway locomotive, a Gresley A1 Pacific of the London and North Eastern Railway. It was a member of a class of locomotives mostly named after racehorses. "Salmon Trout" won the 1924 St Leger race in England.
I'd seen lots of stuff suggesting regedit, which always worries me. But I will give it a try and let you know.
Just follow the instructions exactly and remember you can always cancel and back out if you aren't sure.
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So that worked, Salmon. Begs the question - was that an Outlook-only solution, or does it affect ALL times I try to launch .html files. That's not that frequently, so no big whoop.
Thanks again.
For each registered file type, there is a registry value called "Editflags" which contains 4 bytes. As far as I can see, the lowest bit of the third byte governs whether permission is asked to open an attachment of that file type. If the bit is a 1 then permission is not asked. if the bit is 0 then it is. It certainly affects Outlook; it might affect any email client which is the default mail handler.