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attachments and downloads not opening properly
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caris
Posts: 730 Forumite
in Techie Stuff
Hi
I am having trouble with my attachments and downloads.
When I open them all I get is jumbled up letters like this:
ÐÏࡱ!
Can anyone please advise me what to do.
Many thanks in advance
I am having trouble with my attachments and downloads.
When I open them all I get is jumbled up letters like this:
ÐÏࡱ!
Can anyone please advise me what to do.
Many thanks in advance
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the answer depends on what they are, if they are supposed to be readable, you need to install a program that can read them, adobe reader for example if they are pdf's0
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Also run a Malwarebytes scan and a boot scan with your AV.“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
― Groucho Marx0 -
Opening a Microsoft Word document in windows wordpad?Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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can't have been important0
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