Outlook 2007 -- Images in Email - Red X

[John Samuels]

After reviewing over 4k posts I didn't see anything about a problem I'm
experiencing.

When I receive emails the images aren't being downloaded. I went to the
Trust Center and unchecked the Don't download images and this didn't make a
difference.

Any ideas?

 

[ChesterCoronel]

Are you recieving the following message when you open the e-mail?

"Click here to downlaod pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook
prevented automatic download of some pictures in this message."

If so clicking the message and selecting Download Pictures should do the
trick. Another cause is that Outlook could not find the location of the
pictures (e.g sender included the picture in the message body but forgot to
attach them). Try to create an e-mail with pictures and send it to yourself,
this will help you isolate the problem.

 

[John Samuels]

Nope . . . no message. I've seen that before and been able to adjust. These
image place holders have a red x in the upper left-hand corner and the
problem is with all HTML emails I receive.

Thanks, though.

 

[Websnooky]

After several hours I think I found the solution to this problem!

I'v tried every advise given on any forum on the internet about this
problem! Then I started to browse to the registry settings from Outlook.
I stumbled upon one option which had a strange name: BlockHTTPImages!!!

I wondered why my outlook displays pictures nicely when starting it in
safemode - it was not any of my addins, though.

Well changed the setting BlockHTTPImages from 1 to 0 - and my pictures
started to get download AND displayed when my outlook was normally
started!
Just use Regedit to browse to the following registry key:

\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Common\BlockHTTPImages and change
the value 1 to 0 (zero).

That's it - start outlook and ENJOY!