Not entirely sure of your problem. But have you tried this as a solution? But have you tried this: Instead of going into an email and looking for the attachment, right click on the email before opening it. Scroll down the menu until you find 'view attachments'. Click into it and you'll find a sub menu of all the files attached to that email. Click on the one you want to view and it shall open unto you. Instead of using a right click soft mouse key, you can use the applications key which is three keys to the right of the spacebar on a standard querty keyboard. Roughly speaking. Hope useful. It's often a more straightforward way of getting to your attachments rather than going into the email and using the insert-A keystroke which 9 times out of 10 doesn't seem to bring up attachments for me anyway. ________________________________ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barbara Wilson Sent: 15 October 2009 16:38 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Microsoft Outlook Attachments John I have security set not to block any attachments. The attachments are there as when I forwarded the message to Outlook Express I could Tab to them as normal and open. Only in Microsoft Outlook do their titles appear in a read only box but I can't find them to open. Find me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/barkingbabs Barbara Wilson M: 07917710779 T: 02887784046 E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: creativeeyes ----- Original Message ----- From: john coley <mailto:johncoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 4:31 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Microsoft Outlook Attachments 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 <mailto:barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Access-UK <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4510 (20091015) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.