Well you have to try openning them using another comp using an office 2003 or xp
i think they will open cause the vista don't support all of the old versions
good luck !!!

Thanks for the reply!! I have tried it on my brothers comp and my dads comp.. they have windows vista (like me).. and there is no problem in opening attachments at all which is what i am having to do now..

I have tried reopening it but still no luck!

Yes a security message appears asking me whether i want to allow opening the attachment. Then it attempts to load it up and this message comes up:

C:\Users\$hahed\AppDate\Local\Microsoft\Windows\TemporaryInt­ernetFiles\Low\Content.IE5\RUCPX4NY\Aminoor's_CV[2].doc is not a valid Win32 Application.

So I try saving the document in 'My documents' and then try open it in which i get a reply:

C:\Users\$hahed\Documents\Aminoor's_CV.doc is not a valid Win32 Application

As for other attachments, I have been able to open Powerpoint docs, its jus the Word ones which is causing me the problem..

Any other suggestions maybe..??!! Thanks!!

You may find that the issue is your default settings in your Outlook. My daughter just helped me with the " word attachment not opening problem". I would send an email to her with a word document embedded in a word document. No open!. The current default was to try to open the file in "full screen reading" mode. When you follow the on screen pop-ups, we were able to change the default to "print layout" mode and all worked fine for us. So take a look at your "view" tab in Office Outlook 2007, then to the left you will see "full reading screen". The to the right you will see options to prevent this mode from being used. Hope it helps!

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You may find that the issue is your default settings in your Outlook. My daughter just helped me with the " word attachment not opening problem". I would send an email to her with a word document embedded in a word document. No open!. The current default was to try to open the file in "full screen reading" mode. When you follow the on screen pop-ups, we were able to change the default to "print layout" mode and all worked fine for us. So take a look at your "view" tab in Office Outlook 2007, then to the left you will see "full reading screen". The to the right you will see options to prevent this mode from being used. Hope it helps!
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Yeah i tried the view, changed from full reading screen mode:

My problem is related to this, When ever am trying 2 open Doc file from outlook, firstly the outlook is getting struck for 40-50Secs & then it's opening the file....

Can any 1 Help me plz.........