Barbara, have you looked in security settings. I run Outlook Express and not outlook, but in the case of outlook express in tools/options/security there's a setting to not allow attatchments that could be a virus. With that checked it will block attatchments. John. ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Wilson To: Access-UK Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:15 PM Subject: [access-uk] Microsoft Outlook Attachments I have received an Email in Microsoft Outlook 2003. I get a Read Only box giving me the names of the two attached files, but I can't find the files to open. Can anyone help? Thanks. Find me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/barkingbabs Barbara Wilson M: 07917710779 T: 02887784046 E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: creativeeyes