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A photo attachment I receive will not open in Irfanview - my default photo viewer.

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I use Irfanview as my default image viewer. When clicking on a photo attachment, T-bird fails to open. The T-bird error console displays the following errors:

Timestamp: 5/29/2014 9:53:08 AM Error: [Exception... "Cannot call openModalWindow on a hidden window" nsresult: "0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)" location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/components/nsPrompter.js :: openModalWindow :: line 382" data: no] Source File: resource://gre/components/nsPrompter.js Line: 382

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Timestamp: 5/29/2014 9:53:08 AM Error: TypeError: this._taskbar is null Source File: resource://gre/modules/DownloadTaskbarProgress.jsm Line: 189

Operating system is Windows Vista. This problem did not occur when using Windows XP before "updating" to Vista.

Thank you, Donald F. Collins

I use Irfanview as my default image viewer. When clicking on a photo attachment, T-bird fails to open. The T-bird error console displays the following errors: Timestamp: 5/29/2014 9:53:08 AM Error: [Exception... "Cannot call openModalWindow on a hidden window" nsresult: "0x80040111 (NS_ERROR_NOT_AVAILABLE)" location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/components/nsPrompter.js :: openModalWindow :: line 382" data: no] Source File: resource://gre/components/nsPrompter.js Line: 382 and Timestamp: 5/29/2014 9:53:08 AM Error: TypeError: this._taskbar is null Source File: resource://gre/modules/DownloadTaskbarProgress.jsm Line: 189 Operating system is Windows Vista. This problem did not occur when using Windows XP before "updating" to Vista. Thank you, Donald F. Collins

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What happens when you save the attachment to disk and try to open it with Irfanview?

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What happens when you save the attachment to disk and try to open it with Irfanview?

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If I save the attachment to disk, it opens with Irfanview with no problem. Don

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Tools (Alt-T) - Options - Attachments - Incoming

Locate your type of attachment in the left column 'Content Type'.

What 'Action' is assigned to it in the right column?