How come I can open email attachments in Outlook or Outlook Express?
Outlook XP and Outlook Express blocks/hides attachments that can be harmful to your computer, these types of files include *.exe, *.vbs, *.js and *.html, *.reg and other files that I can’t recall from the top of my head. They did this b/c lots of careless users would open attachments that was a virus (compiled into exe files) or had malicious scripts that could spread to other users via Outlook and your contacts/address book. One way around this if you really need these types of files is to revert back to the old non SR1 Outlook version OR have your friends / co-workers rename a file w/ a *.txt extension, such as openme.exe.txt and Outlook will allow the attachment to be sent/received. This new feature in Outlook will also block out the attachments containing file extensions listed above for messages that were received by previous versions of Outlook. Open Outlook Express. Click Tools, click Options, click Security tab. Uncheck “Do not allow attachments…” Click this Microsoft link an
