Windows 10: "dangerous file type" attachment

What is a dangerous file type attachment? I trust the sender absolutely, and the attachment is important to me.


Graeme Collings.

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email attachments

Hello Allan,

To attach a document file on an email, you can follow the step given below:

For Windows 10 Mobile:

• Launch to File Explorer app.
• Press and hold the file that you need to attach on the email, and select
  Share button.
• Select Outlook Mail on the suggested applications.

For Windows Phone 8.1:

• Download and install
  Files app.
• Launch Files app.
• Tap and hold the document that you need to attach on the email, and select
  Share button.
• Select the Mail app on the suggested applications.

Feel free to post back if you have other queries.

 

Unable to attach documents to email error The following files couldn't be attached: IMG.pdf. Please try again later

Hi Mikalbe,

Please answer these questions to assist you better.

• How are you accessing mail e.g. Mail app or Outlook?
• Is the issue with a particular format of attachments?

I suggest you to try attaching a different format of file and check if you are able to attach file and send mail. Also install all pending Windows updates and check. If the issue still persists follow the steps below.

App Troubleshooter

I suggest you to run app troubleshooter for issues related to edge and check if it helps.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/run-the-troubleshooter-for-windows-apps

Do let us know if you are able to attach files to email. Thank you.

 

Windows 10 Mail App - downloading unsupported file type attachements

Thank you for the reply.
This is happening on more than one computer.
It happens on all attachments of this type.

It is OK if the attachment is a .docx file.

One computer has the mail app has a yahoo account as the email client.

This computer has had a clean install of Windows 10.

Another computer has the mail app has a Gmail account as the email client

This computer has had an upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7.

The same email, with the access database mdb file attached, was sent to both account so the same email is being seen by both computers.

The Windows10 Mail app on both computers has the attachment greyed out with the message 'File Type Not Supported' (see below)
The file attachment can be:

• downloaded if the Gmail account is accessed directly through either Google or Internet Explorer browser.
• downloaded if outlook has the Gmail account as the email client

In other words all other email programs have no problem with this email & this type of attachment.

We need to allow this file type to be downloaded via the Windows 10 Mail app. If not then we will have to us third party softeware.
Trust that you can resolve this for us.
I am prepared to make direct changes to the registry if that is necessary.
Thank you
Noel Ashton