Attached Word doc won't open from OL on first try

[Pyramid 36]

I'm running Outlook 2003 and Word 2003 (11.80.10.6569) SP2 on Windows XP
Professional v 5.1.2600 SP2 Build 2600 on an Intel PC with 1GB of memory and
an 80GB hard drive.

While in OL03, I've had a problem recently with opening Word documents that
arrive as attachments to email. When I click on the document Word opens (if
it's not already open) and no document is displayed. When I go back to OL03,
I find a message indicating "The system cannot find the specified file".
After closing that message, if I click on the attachment again, the document
opens.

My question is: what do I have to do to have the Word document open the
first time click on it? It worked that way in the past.

 

[Darin]

Pyramid 36,
I am experiencing the same issue with several of our users; have you found
the root of the cauase?

 

[Pyramid 36]

No. I got a response from someone admonishing me for trying to open
documents rather than saving them. The implication was that it was something
Microsoft was doing to protect me from my bad habits and ignorance.
Interestingly, it stopped happening for awhile and then started up again. I
can't find rhyme or reason for the on again off again nature of the
annoyance.

Good luck and I'll be interested to know if you come up with a better
"answer" than I got.