Computer Error please help?

Question

I use Yahoo email service. My husband sent a message to me and when I tried to download the attachment I got a error that read " This file does not have program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the set the association control panel" What does that mean and how do I fix it

Answer 1

That error message means that your computer does not have a program installed that makes use of whatever filtype the attachment is. For example, if your husband sent you a zipped or archived file full of pictures you would need to have a program like winrar(.rar) or winzip(.zip) instaled. You can identify the filetype of a file by it's extension; ex: Start.wav has a .wav extension so it is a Wave Sound file, background.bmp has a .bmp extension so it is a bitmap file, golf.exe has a .exe extension so it is an executable file. If you don't know what type of program you need to open a file you can visit http://filext.com/ and type the file extension including the period( . ) into the search box on the upper lefthand corner of the website and click search; the website will then direct you to the appropriate program, including a link to download it if one exists.



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according to filext.com:

"See Section 3.2 in RFC 2311. This is basically a secure E-mail file sent in encrypted form. If everything is set up properly your E-mail program should have downloaded a public key necessary to decrypt the file."



section 3.2 of the indicated document reads:



"The application/pkcs7-mime type is used to carry PKCS #7 objects of several types including envelopedData and signedData. The details of constructing these entities is described in subsequent sections. This section describes the general characteristics of the application/pkcs7-mime type.



This MIME type always carries a single PKCS #7 object. The PKCS #7 object must always be BER encoding of the ASN.1 syntax describing the object. The contentInfo field of the carried PKCS #7 object always contains a MIME entity that is prepared as described in section 3.1. The contentInfo field must never be empty.



Since PKCS #7 objects are binary data, in most cases base-64 transfer encoding is appropriate, in particular when used with SMTP transport. The transfer encoding used depends on the transport through which the object is to be sent, and is not a characteristic of the MIME type."



This basically means whatever program he used to send you the file encrypted it. In order to decrypt it you would need to download a decryption program. One such program can be downloaded by click this link: http://www.abylonsoft.de/download/apmReadD.exe

that is a download for the free version of abylon reader, which can read multiple encrypted file formats. This program is only for Windows.



I make no claims of safety or compatibility with this program. I have no experience with this program, it is simply the best option for you given my research. I cannot be held responsible for any damage or loss of data due to the use or misuse or anything else this file might do. DOWNLOAD AT YOU OWN RISK!



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If you would like to view this downloads article on softpedia please look here:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Decrypting-Decoding/abylon-READER.shtml

Answer 2

It means the computer doesn't know what program to use to open the file, you must select it. What program you want to use depends on the attachment you're trying to open.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

It means that your computer does not recognise what you downloaded and that you need to specify what it is, and thus, what program to use to 'open' the downloaded file.

What type of file was it?

Answer 5

Tell your husband to resend the file using the drop down menu that says "all files" when he goes to send it.Usually your computer will automatically open it.









Hope that helps!

Answer 6

it might be that his attachment is in a different format than your computer. if it happens go to www.microsoft.com

and click on file finder/program

it will tell you what to do.

Answer 7

check what kind of file is.. then use programs according 2 that

Answer 8

What type of file is it?



The computer does not know what to open it with.

You need to tell it what to open it with, pic's are image viewer (tiff jpg gif)

Answer 9

you have to tell which format is your file showing

Answer 10

Please tell us what kind of file it was, and the file extension if you know it (.jpg, .pdf, .doc, etc...)

Answer 11

what up ?