In that case,try Help, Detect and Repair in Word or Excel.

SouthLake wrote:

> Hi Bob,
>
> I only have Ad-Aware, CCleaner, and Win Patrol on this computer. Same as I
> have on my desktop, and I can open my e-mail attachments on that one ok.
> It's like when I try to open an Office attachment, my computer isn't
> recognizing that I have Word and Excel on the computer, and is giving me the
> Unknown File Type error.
>
> "Bob I" wrote:
>
>
>>Anti-virus scanner perhaps interfering? They might have reset it to scan
>>attachments during an update.
>>
>>SouthLake wrote:
>>
>>>Hello, I am only having this problem on my laptop. When I try to download or
>>>open any kind of Office attachment, like Word or Excel, I'm getting an error
>>>message stating "Do you want to save this file, or find a program online to
>>>open it?" And then underneath that it says "Unknown File Type".
>>>
>>>I have Word, Excel and the entire office suite on my laptop. I can open up
>>>Word and Excel on my own (not as an attachment) and there is no problem.
>>>This just started all of a sudden and I can't open any attachments at all!
>>>Please help!
>>
>>