Outlook 2003 issue with xls files

jo.king

Guys,

I seem to be having an issue with some of my emails that have xls attachments - some of them are looking like acsi code when i open them - can anyone please advise how i can view there emails with the attachments attached?

Thanks is advance,

Jo.

Hal1

Have you got an anti spam or anti virus running? It sounds like you do, and it has blocked these type of files being attached. You need to exclude them from the block list.

jo.king

Hal1 wrote: »

Have you got an anti spam or anti virus running? It sounds like you do, and it has blocked these type of files being attached. You need to exclude them from the block list.

hi - i dont think its the anti spam or anti virus - however i have disabled and will let you know - thanks for the feedback...

jo.

MrVestek

I don't think it's an issue with your Outlook but rather with the system itself. Looks like the file association for that file is pointing to the wrong type of program. Right click and select open with, then select MS Excel and make sure that 'always open this type of file with this program' checkbox...

jo.king

Achilles wrote: »

I don't think it's an issue with your Outlook but rather with the system itself. Looks like the file association for that file is pointing to the wrong type of program. Right click and select open with, then select MS Excel and make sure that 'always open this type of file with this program' checkbox...

Nope its not the file association and i dont think its the antivirus ... really weird i see that some of my older mails have xls file attached and work fine - this is really bugging me - maybe it is the way they are attached when sent???

jo.king

Here is an example of how things are coming in (i have stared out sensitive information):-

Return-Path: <lisa@***.**[/code]>
Delivered-To: jo@**.**
Received: (qmail 27802 invoked by uid 399); 2 Jan 2008 10:09:55 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO postie1.hosting365.ie) (82.195.128.***)
by mail-node1.hosting365.ie with ESMTP; 2 Jan 2008 10:09:55 -0000
Received-SPF: none (mail-node1.hosting365.ie: domain at **.** does not designate permitted sender hosts)
identity=mailfrom; client-ip=82.195.128.***;
envelope-from=<lisa@**.**>;
Received: from mail04.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (mail04.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.118.**])
by postie1.hosting365.ie (Postfix) with SMTP id D41E6A3FA5EA2
for <jo@**.**>; Wed, 2 Jan 2008 10:09:49 +0000 (GMT)
Received: (qmail 16242 messnum 5312906 invoked from network[62.77.162.***/62-77-162-***.customer.eircom.net]); 2 Jan 2008 10:09:41 -0000
Received: from 62-77-162-***.customer.eircom.net (HELO ***.ie) (62.77.162.225)
by mail04.svc.cra.dublin.eircom.net (qp 16242) with SMTP; 2 Jan 2008 10:09:41 -0000
Subject: "The Future of Dublin" Imagine Dublin 2020 - before it's too late
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/related;
boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C84D23.1A3C3A3E";
type="multipart/alternative"
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 09:37:32 -0000
Content-class: urn:content-classes:message
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5
Message-ID: <4A5FA37142191B43BC989C89AB38531FB01775@mainserver.******.local>
X-MS-Has-Attach: yes
X-MS-TNEF-Correlator:
Thread-Topic: "The Future of Dublin" Imagine Dublin 2020 - before it's too late
Thread-Index: AchBYW2TYCaDYYqjSLGXVOHz3zJfygAAjhSAAGw0GfAAKoQKUAAJyl2wAk9PC8A=
From: "Lisa Aherne" <lisa@**.**>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

jo.king

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Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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"The Future of Dublin" Imagine Dublin 2020 - before it's too late

Date: ***

Venue: ***

Time: ***

Cost: EUR45 per person=20

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"Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the =
future".
Charles F. Kettering (1876 - 1958)

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Seminar speakers include:

Marc Coleman is Economics Editor of Newstalk 106-108 fm and a columnist =
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Professor John S. Ratcliffe - Chairman of the Futures Academy; Director =
of the Faculty of the Built Environment=20

Brian Hughes - Lecturer in Urban Economics, Department of Real Estate =
and Construction Economics=20

Conor Skehan - Head of the Department of Environmental Planning & =
Management; Fellow of the Futures Academy=20

Henk van der Kamp - Head of the School of Spatial Planning=20

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To book a place at this seminar please contact Ciara Duncan =
ciara@***.**

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jo.king

Anyone ... please its driving me nuts!!! Could it have somthing to do with a html setting somewhere in Outlook?

Capt'n Midnight

save the attachment to the desktop
does it open in excel ?

if not , right clich on it and choose to open in excel , and tick the box to always do so

MrVestek

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

save the attachment to the desktop
does it open in excel ?

if not , right clich on it and choose to open in excel , and tick the box to always do so

He just said it wasn't a problem with file associations! OP, these aren't newer Office 2007 files by any chance are they? If so then the file type and format would be too new to be able to be read properly in Outlook 2003 unless they're being saved in 2003 format or compatibility mode.

jo.king

Guys - i cant even see an attachment - the attachment looks like this...

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AAj+AIsIHEiwoMGDCBMqXMiwocOHECNKnEixosWLGDNq3Mixo8ePIEOKHEmypMmTIHOUCIFCxwoU
K3rs+BEEpc2BNBYMQNBhAoEBE05IcDDhxo4bQYTcJEmjwQAHICQQKHDhQ4ICBCqMcLBAwoogPpaC
DEJiQwkaKzZsMOFCAgIDG0QkMFBgQQkPDkTIEMtRBwcJJXSYuLCBBo8UIka42LHh7YKyBgwEuKAD
xg6+F1kkAOCghAQABVg6QOBAxg4TJUiYwCFiQIECEFBcMBBhRFjMEhkDvjFiwYOXBwAcKJHCgQEE
IorYQDFCwoUUFwogGGBAxosbuB+6uKDhaAkMLHz+

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Just loads and loads of code - obviously the attachment has been brought to a code level and is not being received as an file....

...please help....

Hal1

This may be a solution for you here. It's the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats. I seen this problem a while ago, but forgot about the fix until now.

jo.king

Ill give it a go - Cheers HAL1 - will let you know how i get on...

jo.king

Unfortunately...no joy - its still happening....

AccessQuery

jo.king wrote: »

Unfortunately...no joy - its still happening....

Morning,
What happens if you send yourself an excel attachment? Silly question but have you tried and what happens?

Do you have a Yahoo / or gmail account get the sender of the problem e-mail to send the same thing to your web mail account. Can you open the file now?

It's been asked already but I can't see an actual answer. What version of Office are you using? What version of Office is the sender using? I've had the very same prob with files created in 2007 and I've only got Office 2000. Sender must save files in your version before sending.

If you're happy it's not a version prob and can receive and open the files OK via web mail, here are two other suggestions for you..

(1) Fully deinstall and reinstall your Office suite and try again.

or if (1) fails try

(2) Download Mozilla Thunderbird as your mail tool and see if this makes any difference. It will allow you import contacts etc. I've been using Thunderbird for 12mths + with no probs, but it doesn't solve any Office version probs if they happen.

Hope this is some help. Let me know.

Hal1

You could try repairing your version of Office, in office 2003 you open any application then click help and detect and repair. This might ask for the office cd.

In office 2007 you access this in the start menu>programs>ms office> ms office diagnostics, just let it run and it will tell you if there's any problems.