PC Win: Packaged Object Icon Changes After Reading

 Last reviewed: October 29, 1994
Article ID: Q85672
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Mail for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2

SYMPTOMS

With version 3.0, 3.0b, or 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows, the icon for an object embedded within a message may change after the object is read.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in versions 3.0, 3.0b, and 3.2 of Microsoft Mail for Windows. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

  1. Open Packager and Import a Windows executable file.

  2. From the Edit menu, choose Copy, then select Package.

  3. Compose a message in Mail for Windows.

  4. From the Edit menu, choose Paste Special, then select Package Object.

  5. Send the message.

  6. Have the recipient open the message.

  7. Run the packaged object.

  8. Close the running packaged object.

The icon for the packaged object has now changed to the PACKAGER.EXE icon, but still maintains the caption of the packaged object. When you close the message, you are prompted to save changes. If you do not save changes, the object retains its original icon and can be rerun later. If you do save changes, the icon changes but the executable still can be launched.

This behavior can also be reproduced without Mail for Windows when disconnection from a network server occurs.

Example

  1. Connect to a network server that contains a Windows executable that you don't have.

  2. Start Write.

  3. Drag the executable from File Manager to Write (this embeds the file as a packaged object).

  4. Disconnect from the network server.

  5. Activate the package. The icon becomes the Packager default.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00b 3.20
KBCategory: kbusage kbbug3.00 kbbug3.00b kbbug3.20
KBSubcategory: MailPCWin

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Last reviewed: October 29, 1994
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