Being Unable to open attachments in Outlook is a challenging experience. This article is made to help you get out of such a situation. Today, you will learn 5 different methods that have been proven to help open Outlook attachments. The methods included updating Outlook to use professional PST repair software such as Remo Repair Outlook PST.
The only thing that is as bad as forgetting to add your attachment before sending is that you can't open attachments in Outlook (especially if it is an important or tie-sensitive document). As someone who has experienced this scenario once or twice, I have brought together 5 unique methods that you can use to solve the issue.
This may seem insignificant, but when clicking on the attachment does not work, simply Right-clicking on it and selecting Open should do the trick.
Note: there is a small possibility that you may have to unblock Outlook attachments to view them.
If your Outlook has not been updated in a while and is not equipped with the current update, you can expect to experience a few errors here and there. To update Outlook, simply follow the steps below-
MS Office has an inbuilt repair tool that you can use to repair MS Outlook for free. Using the Quick Repair feature only takes a few minutes and is easy to try. It helped me when I was unable to open a PDF attachment in Outlook. You can do so by following the instructions below.
Note: This method is fairly technical and is not advisable if you are unfamiliar with computers.
When your Internet Files Folder is full, you may have trouble opening attachments on Outlook. You can empty the temporary Internet files folder by following the steps below-
If all the above methods have not worked out, there is a good chance that you have a corrupted PST file. You can repair your PST file using two different solutions-
ScanPST is a free, inbuilt PST repair tool that can fix PST files with light to moderate levels of corruption. It is very user-friendly and effective. You can do so by following the given instructions-
If ScanPST did not work and you are still unable to open attachments in Outlook, Remo Outlook PST Repair is a professional Outlook data file repair tool that fixes PST files with extreme levels of corruption. You can try it out for free by following the methods below-
I hope that this article was able to help you regain access to your Outlook attachments. If you are still Unable to open Word or Excel attachments in Outlook, you could simply ask the sender to send the attachment via a different social platform or save all your Outlook attachments. If you have any methods that can fix attachments not opening in Outlook, please let me know.