What To Do When One Or More Pictures Cannot Be Opened In Outlook?

Outlook Express is an email client released by the Microsoft Corporation. This program comes as a part of the Microsoft Office suite and comes preinstalled with the operating system. You can forward the messages that you receive in your Outlook Express account to other contacts in your account. When you receive an email message that contains pictures and other attachments, you should be able to view the message in the Outlook Express program and see the pictures directly from the body of the email or you may view them as attachments.
At times, you will not be able to open the email attachments. Have you ever thought why these Outlook problems occur? This is because the default security setting of the Outlook program may prevent you from opening these images. If you get an error stating that the pictures cannot be found, you just have to make some small changes in the security settings of the Outlook Express program. The Outlook help tips shared below will help you to open the attachments in your email messages without any issues in the Outlook Express program.

Instructions

• Turn on your computer and open the Outlook Express program.
• In the open window, go to the Tools menu, which is located in the menu bar and click on the Options button.
• In the Options window, select the Security tab, which is at the top of the window.
• Uncheck the box next to Block images and other external content in HTML email. This will make sure that the next time you try to open an email attachment, the Outlook Express program will not block you from opening the attachment.
• After doing the above steps, press the OK or Apply button, which can be found at the bottom of the window. This will update the security settings of the Outlook Express program. Now you may open the email message again to view the attached pictures without any issues.

These are the simple steps to open the email attachments and pictures in messages without getting any Outlook problems. If you follow these steps carefully, you will not encounter any errors. Are you unsure of any of these steps? Do not worry, as you always have the option to contact Microsoft help and support team or you can refer to the Outlook help modules given in the Microsoft web site to clear your doubts.