From: Kristof on
Drew, I am getting the same issue. Very annoying. Ironically, it started
about the same time as your post, I've just lived with it for a few weeks
before getting annoyed enough to try and fix it. Did you ever discover a
remedy?

"pcrxtex" wrote:

> SYMPTOM:
> This happens whether the default editor is HTML, Rich Text or Plain Text.
> Any Email message that have Office documents (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF's)
> attached in the body of the message will not drag and drop or copy from the
> message to the desktop as the intended file. Instead you are presented with
> the following Active Desktop pop-up.
>
> Active Desktop
> In order to add this item to your Active Desktop, you need to save a copy
> of the picture.
> Do you want to continue?
> Yes or No
>
> --
> Drew
From: AVG Joe on
Same issue here. No idea what this is all about.

"pcrxtex" wrote:

> SYMPTOM:
> This happens whether the default editor is HTML, Rich Text or Plain Text.
> Any Email message that have Office documents (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF's)
> attached in the body of the message will not drag and drop or copy from the
> message to the desktop as the intended file. Instead you are presented with
> the following Active Desktop pop-up.
>
> Active Desktop
> In order to add this item to your Active Desktop, you need to save a copy
> of the picture.
> Do you want to continue?
> Yes or No
>
> --
> Drew