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
    2023-12-12T14:01:49+00:00

    The core idea is fine, but also allowing the user to say the last word should always be an option, so that's OK with setting some default behaviors and leading us to use things the way they believe it should be used, but leave room for customization too!

    And also, if this was the reason, then why are all my attachments downloaded automatically to my local PC "Downloads" folder and not to a dedicated OneDrive folder?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-12-18T10:33:52+00:00

    Well, same here. Now that I'm forced to switch to this new wonderful Outlook with terrible design and features missing - but new beautiful ads... - I guess it's time to wake up the good old Thunderbird. 👌

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  4. 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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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-01T17:36:11+00:00

    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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