Command failed to execute for email attachments

I have attempted numerous attachments ranging from power point to emails
forwarded as attachments and am getting the error message "The command failed
to execute." Was doing fine with all my email attachments until I received
an upgrade for Vista. My upgrades are automatically received and downloaded
from Microsoft.
--
Tom

How are you attaching the attachment? From inside Windows Mail?

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"RubberDuckie" <(donotspam)> wrote in message news:A0BA2321-FE84-4BE8-BE88-...
>I have attempted numerous attachments ranging from power point to emails
> forwarded as attachments and am getting the error message "The command failed
> to execute." Was doing fine with all my email attachments until I received
> an upgrade for Vista. My upgrades are automatically received and downloaded
> from Microsoft.
> --
> Tom

No Gary. These are attachments I am receiving, not sending, that I am having
problems with.
--
Tom


"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> How are you attaching the attachment? From inside Windows Mail?
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "RubberDuckie" <(donotspam)> wrote in message news:A0BA2321-FE84-4BE8-BE88-...
> >I have attempted numerous attachments ranging from power point to emails
> > forwarded as attachments and am getting the error message "The command failed
> > to execute." Was doing fine with all my email attachments until I received
> > an upgrade for Vista. My upgrades are automatically received and downloaded
> > from Microsoft.
> > --
> > Tom
>

That wasn't obvious from your original problem statement.
Are you able to save the attachments, then open the saved document
outside of Windows Mail?

Try this:
Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
"Set your default programs."
After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on "Windows
Mail". If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"RubberDuckie" <(donotspam)> wrote in message newsE9E36A2-CE60-4BB7-BED8-...
> No Gary. These are attachments I am receiving, not sending, that I am having
> problems with.
> --
> Tom
>
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> How are you attaching the attachment? From inside Windows Mail?
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "RubberDuckie" <(donotspam)> wrote in message news:A0BA2321-FE84-4BE8-BE88-...
>> >I have attempted numerous attachments ranging from power point to emails
>> > forwarded as attachments and am getting the error message "The command failed
>> > to execute." Was doing fine with all my email attachments until I received
>> > an upgrade for Vista. My upgrades are automatically received and downloaded
>> > from Microsoft.
>> > --
>> > Tom
>>

I am having the same problem. This is a problem that has just started. It
doesn't matter what kind of attachment it is. If I click on the attachment
from the preview plain, nothing at all happens, but if I double click the
original message and then double click the attachment I get the "The command
failed to execute" message.

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> That wasn't obvious from your original problem statement.
> Are you able to save the attachments, then open the saved document
> outside of Windows Mail?
>
> Try this:
> Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
> the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
> "Set your default programs."
> After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on "Windows
> Mail". If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
> then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.
>
> --
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "RubberDuckie" <(donotspam)> wrote in message newsE9E36A2-CE60-4BB7-BED8-...
> > No Gary. These are attachments I am receiving, not sending, that I am having
> > problems with.
> > --
> > Tom
> >
> >
> > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
> >
> >> How are you attaching the attachment? From inside Windows Mail?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
> >>
> >>
> >> "RubberDuckie" <(donotspam)> wrote in message news:A0BA2321-FE84-4BE8-BE88-...
> >> >I have attempted numerous attachments ranging from power point to emails
> >> > forwarded as attachments and am getting the error message "The command failed
> >> > to execute." Was doing fine with all my email attachments until I received
> >> > an upgrade for Vista. My upgrades are automatically received and downloaded
> >> > from Microsoft.
> >> > --
> >> > Tom
> >>
>

Some others have reported that this problem started after they
installed IE8.
Try this:
Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
"Set your default programs."
After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on "Windows
Mail". If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.
Then repeat the above but do it for Internet Explorer.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"WildBill" <> wrote in message news:1DEA9AC7-6720-434D-A52C-...
>I am having the same problem. This is a problem that has just started. It
> doesn't matter what kind of attachment it is. If I click on the attachment
> from the preview plain, nothing at all happens, but if I double click the
> original message and then double click the attachment I get the "The command
> failed to execute" message.
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> That wasn't obvious from your original problem statement.
>> Are you able to save the attachments, then open the saved document
>> outside of Windows Mail?
>>
>> Try this:
>> Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
>> the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
>> "Set your default programs."
>> After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on "Windows
>> Mail". If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
>> then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green arrow.
>>
>> --
>> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>>
>>
>> "RubberDuckie" <(donotspam)> wrote in message newsE9E36A2-CE60-4BB7-BED8-...
>> > No Gary. These are attachments I am receiving, not sending, that I am having
>> > problems with.
>> > --
>> > Tom
>> >
>> >
>> > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>> >
>> >> How are you attaching the attachment? From inside Windows Mail?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "RubberDuckie" <(donotspam)> wrote in message news:A0BA2321-FE84-4BE8-BE88-...
>> >> >I have attempted numerous attachments ranging from power point to emails
>> >> > forwarded as attachments and am getting the error message "The command failed
>> >> > to execute." Was doing fine with all my email attachments until I received
>> >> > an upgrade for Vista. My upgrades are automatically received and downloaded
>> >> > from Microsoft.
>> >> > --
>> >> > Tom
>> >>
>>

Gary VanderMolen wrote:

> Some others have reported that this problem started after they
> installed IE8.
> Try this:
> Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
> the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
> "Set your default programs."
> After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on "Windows
> Mail". If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
> then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green
> arrow.
> Then repeat the above but do it for Internet Explorer.

As I have posted in some other threads some days ago, this does NOT help
on my machines (3 different computers, all running under Vista Business
32, one of them with SP1, the other two with SP2).

It's not at all a problem with file-associations (for which your recipe
would help).
There *definitely* is a problem with the storage place where WinMail
tries to put the temporary files prior to opening the associated
application(s).
The problem appears with all types of files I have tried out (DOC, PPT,
PPS, XLS, JPG, TXT, HTM etc.).

AFAICS IE8 changes settings for storing temporary files and/or disturbs
the handling of the temporary files.

Rainald
P.S. Pls do not react with your usual suggestion of using LiveMail
instead <bg>
The issue is too serious.

Thanks for that clarification.
It is surprising that the IE8 beta testers did not catch this bug.
I haven't noticed this problem myself because I use WLM for email.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"Rainald Taesler" <> wrote in message news:...
> Gary VanderMolen wrote:
>
>> Some others have reported that this problem started after they
>> installed IE8.
>> Try this:
>> Open the Default Programs applet, which you can access either from
>> the Start menu or via the Control Panel, then click the first item:
>> "Set your default programs."
>> After a few seconds, a list of programs comes up. Click on "Windows
>> Mail". If it doesn't respond with "This program has all its defaults"
>> then fix it by clicking on the option indicated by the first green
>> arrow.
>> Then repeat the above but do it for Internet Explorer.
>
> As I have posted in some other threads some days ago, this does NOT help
> on my machines (3 different computers, all running under Vista Business
> 32, one of them with SP1, the other two with SP2).
>
> It's not at all a problem with file-associations (for which your recipe
> would help).
> There *definitely* is a problem with the storage place where WinMail
> tries to put the temporary files prior to opening the associated
> application(s).
> The problem appears with all types of files I have tried out (DOC, PPT,
> PPS, XLS, JPG, TXT, HTM etc.).
>
> AFAICS IE8 changes settings for storing temporary files and/or disturbs
> the handling of the temporary files.
>
> Rainald
> P.S. Pls do not react with your usual suggestion of using LiveMail
> instead <bg>
> The issue is too serious.
>
>
>
>

I have started to have the same problem ever since I upgraded to IE8 - I hope
they come out with a fix for it soon

"RubberDuckie" wrote:

> I have attempted numerous attachments ranging from power point to emails
> forwarded as attachments and am getting the error message "The command failed
> to execute." Was doing fine with all my email attachments until I received
> an upgrade for Vista. My upgrades are automatically received and downloaded
> from Microsoft.
> --
> Tom

Which antivirus are you running? Some of them are not fully compatible
with the new IE8.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"PR" <> wrote in message news:E9357C3F-9BEC-4C5A-8F8E-...
>I have started to have the same problem ever since I upgraded to IE8 - I hope
> they come out with a fix for it soon
>
> "RubberDuckie" wrote:
>
>> I have attempted numerous attachments ranging from power point to emails
>> forwarded as attachments and am getting the error message "The command failed
>> to execute." Was doing fine with all my email attachments until I received
>> an upgrade for Vista. My upgrades are automatically received and downloaded
>> from Microsoft.
>> --
>> Tom