Outlook forms open as a new message

[Stallz]

Hello everyone,
Can someone please help me? I was able to open outlook forms previously
but just recently when i tried opening a form, it just opened as a new
message (when you reply someone or send new mail).

Appreciate any kind of help.
Thanks,
Stallz

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Beginning with Outlook 2003 SP2, users can work with most .oft form templates files only by opening the template from the Tools | Forms | Choose Form dialog, browsing for User Templates in File System. This means that if the .oft file is sent as a message attachment, the user must save it to the local hard drive first.

The article at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=907985 explains this change in more detail, suggests best practices, and provides registry keys that can return Outlook 2003 to the older, less secure behavior.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Stallz]

Thanks a bunch, but i have some people who have installed Outlook 2003
SP2 and it works for them. Why would it be just one person?
Thanks...

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Maybe because they'd used it before the SP?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers