Outlook Express problem

[demojan]

I have Outlook Express for e-mail.  I received an attachment that I could not open due to a dialog box pop-up that reads:  "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action.  Create an association in the Folder Options control panel."   What the heck does this mean?  And how do I fix it so I can open this mail attachment??? Thank you in advance for your help...Jan

[dairyman]

Save the file to disk and tell us which file extension (i.e .doc, .exe, .dll etc.) is used.

[pcsourcepoint]

Maybe reply back to the sender, and ask specifics about the attachment, e.g. what file type, program required, etc...