How to change download destination in "New Outlook" (May 2023)

Anonymous
2023-05-18T14:24:14+00:00

I recently switched over to try the "New Outlook". In the older layout version of Outlook, when downloading an attachment I had multiple options on how that attachment could be saved to my computer. The main option I utilized was simply " Save As". In the "New Outlook" version, that option is no longer there. Is there a way to customize the options you see when downloading an attachment? Here are the options it gives:

  • Preview

-Edit in Browser

-Edit in Excel desktop app (it was an excel file in this case)

-Save to OneDrive

-Download

The old options would have:

-Preview

-Open

-Quick Print

-Save As

Save All Attachments

-Upload

-Remove Attachment

-Copy

-Select All

Really looking for the "Save As" option so I can navigate to the final destination folder.

Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-10-17T16:23:35+00:00

    I am surprised Microsoft did not default the download location to the OneDrive folder instead of Downloads to attempt to force one to use OneDrive.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-20T12:58:35+00:00

    I too am having this issue. I like a lot of the other aspects of the 'new' version, however not being able to select which folders I am saving documents into is extremely frustrating. I will be going back to the 'old' version until this is fixed. I require the "Save As" function as pulling documents from my 'downloads' folder into their appropriate destination is a waste of my time. Please add this function to the new version.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-24T19:03:31+00:00

    Absurd - beta/preview version or not. Basic functionality removed means I won't waste my time with it, reverting back after 2 days. I'm not going to slow my own productivity and add extra steps just to help MS with a beta.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-01T16:18:45+00:00

    another example of defeaturing the product and then forcing us to switch

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-11-20T20:29:46+00:00

    Must be a really hard feature to add. Save As...

    Just want to force everyone to use OneDrive so you can bill people more for filling their cloud storage?

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