Change default location for downloading attachments

Anonymous
2023-03-15T21:01:06+00:00

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?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-22T10:20:19+00:00

    At least it is now confirmed by many users that "save as" indeed worked for awhile but not anymore.
    Let's keep this thread alive and please reply here if you find anything or hear if fix is coming.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-12-20T19:53:01+00:00

    The new outlook does not let me choose the option to pick a folder where I want to download attachments to. It automatically saves them in the 'downloads" folder. Please fix this so that we're able to pick where the attachments are saved.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-24T19:36:48+00:00

    Seems no one from MS bothers to read or answer this thread anymore...

    So, I made a new question/thread, clearly indicating that this issue is for New Outlook.

    Please add your comments to this thread, if you also have issues with saving attachments in New Outlook.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/why-is-the-possibility-to-choose-where-to-save/0d4a22ce-31f1-4f28-98bc-c5dabb4e0b84

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-14T08:51:36+00:00

    Still a slightly different behavior here:

    • Download does NOTHING (the file cannot be found anywhere on disk or on OneDrive)
    • Save to OneDrive works but obviously defeats the intial purpose of downloading an attachment locally

    MSFT devs, it's 2023, try to stop having people push useless stuff on the cloud and waste petabytes of storage...

    Overall I like the new Outlook 2023 but this feature makes me want to scream

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-06-13T21:05:34+00:00

    I was chalking this up to sheer laziness, but frustrating users into using OneDrive for storage seems much more likely. I really hate it when companies try this stuff.

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