Barry
Most likely a step being missed somewhere.
Could be in this part -
As far as the redirect problem, you most likely have a popup blocker installed such as google toolbar or nortons. Check in these if you have them or if running windows XP it will be in your security settings.Go to the folder/directory where your picture is located and click on the file. Then click on the Open button
The window will close and you will see the location of the pic in the Attach section