file opening

I read that Edge is windows PDF reader not Chrome, however, I just received a PDF file which I clicked on and it opened with no trouble. I have no extension to do this. I vaguely saw something about Reader DC and am wondering if I downloaded it but cannot find anything like that. I used...

This situation is driving me crazy. When I receive a jpeg photo in my email on my Windows 10 Laptop, it will not open. The exact same file when received in my email on my Android Galaxy phone opens just fine. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Hello to everyone! Recently my computer started showing this window everytime i try to open a programm (office, adobe, etc). I tried to open them through installation file but the same window is always poping-up "internet security settings prevents one or more files from opening". It drives...

What does it mean a blue spinning small circle when opening a file?

I want to use the Task Scheduler to open an Excel file. The Excel file contains a macro that automatically runs when the file is opened. At the end of the routine the macro saves the file and closes the Excel application using the following commands: >ThisWorkbook.Save >Application.Quit When...

When ever I try to open a file, I receive the error I have attached. If I view download, right click the file I am trying to open and open it with reader, than it opens correctly. How can I get the file to open correctly without doing the work around? Link Removed

Starting last night, Google Chrome was taking longer than usual to open webpages. Now under an hour ago, other applications and files take up to 10 seconds to open. My laptop is running fine now because I restarted. I ran CCleaner to clean out my history, cookies, etc. I also ran scans with...

Hello, I installed Office 2003 on my windows 8 (of course I unistalled the 2007 version first) but I can´t open any files by double-clicking on the files. It doesn´t show me any error message, it just doesn´t open, like if I hadn´t double-clicked. I have searched many replies to similar...

Windows 7 Startup folder allows you to open a file when starting the computer, but I seldom shut off my computer. Instead, I would like a file to open every time I put in the password to bring it out of sleep mode. Is that possible?

When you open a file in Windows, such as an .exe file or .bat file, a different program or file may start. Additionally, the icon for the file may not appear as expected. You may also receive additional errors from the from the program it starts. More...

I recently upgraded from XP to Win7. Now, when I have a file download or attachment, either in Outlook or any browser, it takes me to the File Save window. Before I could simply click on the attachment and it would open (unless it couldn't figure out what kind of file it was). This is a real...

Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.1 (March 14, 2012): Removed erroneous installation switch option descriptions from the Security Update Deployment tables for all supported releases. This is an informational change only. There were no changes to the detection logic or the...

I,m having a huge problem with my computer. i tried to open a file by double clicking on it and it didnt work so I right clicked and went into the OPEN WITH. there i clicked on internet explorer to open the file. Once I did that every program on my desktop switched its icon to the internet...

Resolve issues where opening HTML Help files fails due to GB 18030 or Unicode characters. Link Removed

Fixes a problem in which you receive an error message when you try to open .exe files Link Removed

I got no hits searching in this forum for the term "DMP" A certain program -- Roxio VideoWave12 -- is associated with several dumps located in . . . \Appdata\Local\CrashDumps. They have names, e.g., VideoWave12.exe.2300.dmp , and are from 18+ to 20+ million bytes in size. I Googled on "dmp"...

I am unable to open any .pps extention in widows 7 live mail even though I have 2007 power point viewer in the default associated programs. I can only open if I save to desktop first.

I apologize for the fairly skimpy information I'm able to supply, but this is coming from a friend who is not too savvy with computers. Prior to a few days ago, when she opened a .pdf attachment sent in an email, it opened fine. Now, when she tries opening a .pdf file, she gets a couple of...

Windows Explorer is not minimizing when I open a file, and that same file opens correctly when I open it within the program. But the issue extends with other files. For example when an external drive connects to my laptop the dialog box message (AutoPlay) goes to my taskbar DIRECTLY.

Win7 x64 Ultimate About 98% of the time, when I double click on a file (video, photo, mp3, etc) the app opens under the current window. Rarely it opens on top like I'm used to. Never had this issue with XP, it always opened the app on top of whatever else was open and maximized at the time...