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Tips and Tricks - Microsoft Outlook 2010 |
Blocked attachments
To help protect your computer, Microsoft Outlook 2010 does not allow you to receive files of certain types (such as .exe files) as attachments, because of their potential for introducing a virus into your computer.
Outlook blocks these files by default. Click here for a list.
If you want to receive a file of a type that is blocked by Outlook, you can ask the sender to make the file accessible without using Outlook, or make it less likely to be blocked by Outlook. Following are a few safe ways to share files with people you trust.
Use a shared server: You might want to ask the sender to save the attachment to a server, or an FTP site that you can access.
Use a file compression utility: Using a compression utility, such as WinZip, which creates a compressed archive file that has a different file name extension.
Rename the file: You can request that the sender rename the attachment to use a file name extension that Outlook does not recognise as a threat. For example, an executable file that has the file name extension .exe could be renamed as a Word 2010 file that has a .docx file name extension.
To save the attachment and rename it to use the original file name extension, do the following:
- Locate the attachment in the e-mail message
- Right-click on the attachment, and then click Copy
- Right-click on the desktop, and then click Paste
- Right-click on the pasted file, and then click Rename
Rename the file to use the original file name extension, such as .exe.
