Whenever someone (who is in my Messenger contacts) tries to send me a file I
receive an error like this:

"The transfer of the file "100_4090.jpg" has been blocked because it could
be unsafe."

This applies to any file type, although the main ones I have tried to
receive are JPG. The senders are using MSN Messenger 7.x, and I am using
Windows Messenger 5.1.0701.

Does anyone know what could be causing this problem and how to allow these
attachments?

I am using Windows XP Pro SP2 (a clean installation about a week ago) with
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.1 and the Windows Firewall. I am on ADSL
behind a NAT router.

I don't want to install MSN Messenger because I don't like all the
advertising etc that goes with it.

Thanks for any useful suggestions!
Paul.

Greetings Paul,

To fix this problem, download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg

You will need to reboot to see the change.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.


"Paul_UK" <Paul_UK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:908EB793-087C-4D85-8ADA-825C3F19983D@microsoft.com...
> Whenever someone (who is in my Messenger contacts) tries to send me a file I
> receive an error like this:
>
> "The transfer of the file "100_4090.jpg" has been blocked because it could
> be unsafe."
>
> This applies to any file type, although the main ones I have tried to
> receive are JPG. The senders are using MSN Messenger 7.x, and I am using
> Windows Messenger 5.1.0701.
>
> Does anyone know what could be causing this problem and how to allow these
> attachments?
>
> I am using Windows XP Pro SP2 (a clean installation about a week ago) with
> McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.1 and the Windows Firewall. I am on ADSL
> behind a NAT router.
>
> I don't want to install MSN Messenger because I don't like all the
> advertising etc that goes with it.
>
> Thanks for any useful suggestions!
> Paul.
>

Hi Jonathan,

That works great - many thanks for your help!

Paul.


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Paul,
>
> To fix this problem, download and run the following .reg file:
> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg
>
> You will need to reboot to see the change.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
>
> "Paul_UK" <Paul_UK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:908EB793-087C-4D85-8ADA-825C3F19983D@microsoft.com...
> > Whenever someone (who is in my Messenger contacts) tries to send me a file I
> > receive an error like this:
> >
> > "The transfer of the file "100_4090.jpg" has been blocked because it could
> > be unsafe."
> >
> > This applies to any file type, although the main ones I have tried to
> > receive are JPG. The senders are using MSN Messenger 7.x, and I am using
> > Windows Messenger 5.1.0701.
> >
> > Does anyone know what could be causing this problem and how to allow these
> > attachments?
> >
> > I am using Windows XP Pro SP2 (a clean installation about a week ago) with
> > McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.1 and the Windows Firewall. I am on ADSL
> > behind a NAT router.
> >
> > I don't want to install MSN Messenger because I don't like all the
> > advertising etc that goes with it.
> >
> > Thanks for any useful suggestions!
> > Paul.
> >
>
>
>

Hi Paul,

Glad to be of help!
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Paul_UK" <PaulUK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:00A4A237-DD39-438D-B9B3-5A74538A51E0@microsoft.com...
> Hi Jonathan,
>
> That works great - many thanks for your help!
>
> Paul.
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings Paul,
>>
>> To fix this problem, download and run the following .reg file:
>> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/extfix.reg
>>
>> You will need to reboot to see the change.
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>>
>> "Paul_UK" <Paul_UK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:908EB793-087C-4D85-8ADA-825C3F19983D@microsoft.com...
>> > Whenever someone (who is in my Messenger contacts) tries to send me a file I
>> > receive an error like this:
>> >
>> > "The transfer of the file "100_4090.jpg" has been blocked because it could
>> > be unsafe."
>> >
>> > This applies to any file type, although the main ones I have tried to
>> > receive are JPG. The senders are using MSN Messenger 7.x, and I am using
>> > Windows Messenger 5.1.0701.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know what could be causing this problem and how to allow these
>> > attachments?
>> >
>> > I am using Windows XP Pro SP2 (a clean installation about a week ago) with
>> > McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.1 and the Windows Firewall. I am on ADSL
>> > behind a NAT router.
>> >
>> > I don't want to install MSN Messenger because I don't like all the
>> > advertising etc that goes with it.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any useful suggestions!
>> > Paul.
>> >
>>
>>
>>

"Paul_UK" wrote:

"Paul_UK" wrote: