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How to open attachments without always asking in Outlook?
When we double click an attachment in the Attachment Bar to open this attachment in Outlook, it always pops up the Opening Mail Attachment dialog box as below screenshot shown. And the Always ask before opening this type of file option in the dialog box is gray and invalid. Therefore, how could you open attachments without asking in Outlook? Below solution will help you fix it.
Open attachments without asking in Outlook
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Open attachments without asking in Outlook
Please follow below steps to prevent Outlook from always asking when opening attachments in Outlook.
1. Close your Microsoft Outlook.
2. Restart your Microsoft Outlook as administer. Click to know more about running Outlook as admin.
In Windows 10, please click the Search button in the Task Bar, type Outlook into Search box, and then click the Outlook program with holding the Ctrl + Shift keys. See screenshot:
3. In the popping up User Account Control dialog box, please click the Yes button to go ahead.
Now you get into the Microsoft Outlook as administer.
4. In the Mail view, open the mail folder containing the email with the specified type of attachments, open the email in Reading Pane, and then double click the specified type of attachment in the Attachment Bar. See screenshot:
5. In the popping up Opening Mail Attachment dialog box, please uncheck the Always ask before opening this type of file option, and click the Open button. See screenshot:
6. Restart the Microsoft Outlook as normal.
From now one, the specified type of attachments will open directly when you double click them in the Attachment Bar, and the Opening Mail Attachment dialog box won’t come out never.
Note: If you have enabled the Protect View for Outlook attachments (File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Protected View > Enable Protected View for Outlook Attachments) in corresponding Microsoft Office programs, says Microsoft Word, the Opening Mail Attachment dialog box won’t come out too. However, the attachments will be opened in Protected View.
Demo: Open attachments without always asking in Outlook
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I cannot email a document, no matter what email client is my default email. I read you must have Outlook email installed on your computer in order to use this feature.
The 2003 word had this email feature. I am not sure if you needed Outlook or not. I have the Microsoft Office Suite 2007 and Vista OS.
I need to email documents not using the attach method.
Is there any easy fix to get this to work without using Outlook?
— Submitted by Cindy, Surfside Beach, SC
ANSWER:
Fixing the Send Email Command
The send feature is part of the Microsoft Office system, so you must have Outlook installed for it to be available. This shouldn’t be a problem unless you own Office 2007 Home and Student, which does not include Outlook.
If you have Outlook 2007 available, read The “E-mail” command is missing or is unavailable in Word 2007 on the Microsoft support website. It provides instructions so you can fix the problem yourself, or to fix it automatically, press the Fix It button on that same page.
Send Using Mail Merge
If you know how to use Mail Merge, this is another option for you. You do not have to use Outlook, but you do have to have some other MAPI-compatible email program installed, such as Eudora or Outlook Express.
To start a Mail Merge, follow these steps:
- On the ribbon, click the Mailings tab.
- Click Start Mail Merge.
- Select Email Messages from the menu, then follow the prompts.
(A complete tutorial on mail merge is too lengthy to add here.)
Copy and Paste
If you do not own Outlook or a MAPI-compatible email program, the only way to send the email without attaching it is to copy and paste it into the body of an email. Unfortunately, this usually breaks any special formatting you created in the Word document.