cannot attach pictures to my hotmail

Anonymous
2009-06-02T00:50:19+00:00

I cant send compresse dpictures through Hotmail anymore: I just bought a brand new Dell with Windows Vista & IE 8. In Hotmail, when I click on "Attach" I no longer get a choice of "FILE or PHOTO", but it opens "My DOcuments" folder directly. When I checked  "Tools - Manage Add-Ons", I don't have the "Photo Upload " tool.

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Anonymous
2009-06-02T07:49:23+00:00

Hello abkara,

Thank you for visiting the Microsoft Windows Vista Community site.

Try following the step in this article:

Attaching pictures to a Microsoft Hotmail e-mail

To attach pictures in Hotmail, follow the below steps.

  1. Open your Hotmail account.
  2. Click the New Message link.
  3. Click the Attach and then File link.
  4. Click the Browse button and browse to the image you wish to attach. Keep in mind that you cannot select multiple files at once. However, you can individually add each of the images or attachments you wish to add.
  5. Click Ok or OK and Attach Another if you wish to do more than one image.

If attached successfully, you should see a link with the attachment names in your e-mail. Once you're ready to send the message, click the Send button.

Viewing pictures in a Microsoft Hotmail e-mail

Keep in mind that not all e-mails will have attached pictures in them. You can determine if an e-mail has an attachment by looking for a paperclip icon in the listing of e-mails you have. However, some messages are also sent in HTML format, which means images can be included without being attachments.

To view the pictures in the e-mail, open the e-mail and click the view or download link to view the image. Also, for many commonly known images, it may already be shown in the e-mail without having to open it

This should resolve your problem.

Let us know if these steps resolve your problem.  I hope the information is useful.

Regards,

Anthony

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-07-19T23:52:45+00:00

    Try to use WindowsLiveMail its great you can creat account using your Hotmail account (WebAccess) it work great I can attached 10-20-100 pictures in one email one shot and send :)

    regards

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-07-16T17:45:31+00:00

    Hello Guys,

    I am having the same problem using IE7 + Vista

    it was woring fine with XP + IE 6/7 or 8

    now I am going to install IE-8 but i never liked IE-8 its too heavy

    but no choice

    lets see if its gonnna help

    Thanks

    Faraz

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-07-10T20:15:06+00:00

    Hey abkara,

    I figgured out what I was doing wrong, thanks for your reply! I was trying to attach photos in hotmail while under the firefox web browser... aparently that web browser doesnt support upload and compression like E8 does. I opened up Explorer 8, and it allowed me to attach photos just like everyone is telling ya to. have you tried reinstalling exlporer 8 or tried using another web browser?

    best o luck to ya

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-07-10T13:37:55+00:00

    Nope...I'll post a solution if I find one (or maybe you/someone else will post a solution).

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