Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
But you can't access the ribbon when you preview an attachment
Change default location for downloading attachments
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Anonymous
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?
Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For home
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Anonymous
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2024-04-22T19:53:13+00:00 I noticed the same. I couldn't find any shortcut that worked (ctrl+s, ctrl+shift+s, F12), but you can click Save As in the ribbon after opening the preview: