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I can't believe I have to ask something so dumb but how to I make Outlook ask me every time where to save the email attachments that I am downloading instead of automatically putting them in the Downloads folder?
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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wowwww... that's so disappointing. I am having this issue as well. I feel that technology has gotten more complicated rather than more simpler recently...
Mine is saving to a random external drive. It's not even in the downloads folder. I have no idea why.
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The core idea of Microsoft here likely is that everyone uses OneDrive to back up their devices anyway (which is a preferred way to use OneDrive instead of the early 2000s method of using it as a separate storage). Everything in OneDrive is "mirrored to your own Windows PCs". The "new OneDrive" on Windows 11 devices also almost seems like a "SharePoint App" rather than the old OneDrive.
It could end up being also a new security measure so that "no attachments ever harm your device" and so forth. This is on the Business/Enterprise side at least. On Personal side, I'd rather not use a local App at all.
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