Thanks for the suggestion, Don, but I tried several registry and system restores to times much earlier than when this problem first occured, but no luck. And not being able to maximise attachments will definitely hurt my translation business. Any other suggestions from you or anyone else will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

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