Outlook 2016 - Save Multiple Attachments not saving to Network Drives

Anonymous
2017-12-19T21:20:43+00:00

I recently updated a user from Office 2010 to Office 2016 through Office 365, soon after the update, the user informed me that they were no longer able to use the "Save Multiple Attachments" feature in Outlook to save multiple attachments to a Network location.

This method can save files to a Local drive without an issue, but will not save to a Mapped Network folder. I have tested this on two other computers, both in a different environment, with the same results.

Files can be saved individually, even through the Save Multiple Attachments dialogue, it is only when attempting to save 2 or more files simultaneously. I'm hoping someone knows of a solution to this issue as this user can receive upwards of 10+ attachments in a single email for a project that they need to make available to a project folder.

They did not have this issue prior to the upgrade. Any thoughts or recommendations would be appreciated.

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Anonymous
2018-02-14T07:48:49+00:00

Hi Angela,

No, right now the issue is still being investigated and there are two workarounds described in the following article, you can keep monitoring it to get the latest update about it.

  1. Save the documents to your own computer, and then copy them to the shared network drive.
  2. Save the documents one at a time to the shared network drive.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/unable-to-save-all-attachments-to-a-shared-network-drive-4e9d1fd2-3a4b-4a22-acd0-2ff1217edd8c?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US

Regards,

Leo

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Anonymous
2018-01-12T03:20:13+00:00

Hi All,

I totally understand the inconvenience this thing may cause you. Our related team are currently working on this issue. As workarounds, you can save the attachments one by one or revert to an earlier version. Your time and understanding will be highly appreciated.

Best Regards,

Iry

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-06T13:18:49+00:00

    The fact that Outlook has a "Save All Attachments" button on the ribbon that doesn't work and that Microsoft is complacent about fixing it, comfortable with leaving it broken for months, is a sad commentary on Microsoft's value of their customer base.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-02-05T22:31:05+00:00

    The workaround that we are using in our office is

    a) select all the attachments

    b) drag and drop to the folder you wish to save them to. 

    The fact that this issue has been around for months and Microsoft hasn't been able to resolve it nor troubleshoot enough to figure out that a drag and drop works is quite telling of the effort put into resolving this issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-02-02T14:48:51+00:00

    I have version 1801 on my Surface Book it also does not work.  

    Confirmed with this build. Only change is that after the selection of the networklocation the dialogbox will not close after clicking "Ok."

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