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Answer» GOD, it's me again! I'm going through a bad patch at the moment. At the moment, l am using Realplayer as opposed to WMP because l prefer the burning facility in Realplayer. I have ALSO set this as my DEFAULT player, and everything works fine. Received an email with a wmv attachment (trusted) and when l try and open it, up pops Realplayer with a box saying that WMP encountered an unknown error. If however l save the wmv file instead, which then takes on a realplayer icon, and click on this, Realplayer PLAYS it with no problem whatsoever. What am l doing wrong? Thanks Whoops, just seen another post further down from notahopeinhell re wmv files. I knew about VLC player but it's Realplayer l want to use. Mine doesn't work when you "run" the file, but works when it has been downloaded. Most likely, you're not doing anything wrong. With any attachment (trusted, or not), I always download it, scan it with AV, then I open it.Thanks for that Broni, and l would agree. I'll do that in future as it's better to be safe than sorry. It's just that when l did have WMP, the file opened straight away. Out of interest, have you any ideas as to why it doesn't automatically open in Realplayer, but does when it's from a saved file. Bit confusing! It may be a matter of some settings in your email program. What program is it?Ok Broni, just 'cos you're basking in the evening sun at 18:00 ish! Me, 8hrs ahead should be chucking out the zizzies, but hey, what the heck! I use the French ISP Wanadoo, aka Orange. All email is done on the site, so l don't really know what the program is. (It's not outlook or anything standalone). Don't worry too much as l'll follow your original post. Just curious that's all. RegardsOh, so you're picking up the mail straight from your ISP web site... If so, I'm obviously not familiar with their settings. You may want to call them.Broni, Will have a go. If no luck, l'll abandon it and just do what you said (download the file). If l stick to this method as a matter of course, then at least they will all be checked for viruses! Thanks very much for your time. Regards You're welcome |
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