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Outlook - Can't Open CSV Attachment
Name: astroraptor Date: August 13, 2008 at 05:09:23 Pacific OS: Windows XP Pro CPU/Ram: 1.8GHz/1024MB Product: IBM/NetVista
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I can't open, save or copy CSV attachments in Outlook 2000. I forwarded it to another e-mail and they were able to open it no problem.
this is a neat lil proggie that at least should help when you download it.
just let me know by saying thanks.
geekgirl2u
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Response Number 3
Name: astroraptor Date: August 14, 2008 at 08:01:03 Pacific
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Thanks for the replies. I fixed it by rebuilding the profile, which to me was overkill but it did work. I have a feeling this problem might creep up again and if there is a reason for it rather than blaming stray cosmic rays that would be great.
I don't think it's a MIME issue since CSV files do indeed open if saved on the workstation.
What it is, is that a program on a server generates data which is saved to a CSV file which is then automatically e-mailed. There's no other way to it. It can't be converted to XLS format or to TXT. Just more work than there really needs to be done.
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Response Number 4
Name: astroraptor Date: August 16, 2008 at 07:36:57 Pacific
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Worked for a day, then Word stopped working, then Excel stopped working. Then I couldn't uninstall Office. Great fun, we reinstalled Windows. ;)
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