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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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It may be helpful for the initial request, but still not a solution to the "Save as..." issue.
They added it and then removed it. What's more annoying than that...
OMG just realized that. They took it back!!!! Why the hell did they do that?
Yeah Right now we do not have that option, Thanks for your understanding.
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.
For a while (and still in the version I have, the menu choice Download has worked as a Save As...
(You have Microsoft Outlook Version 1.2024.214.400 (Production). Client Version is 20240209002.15 .)
From the messages above, it seems that in the newest version, the Download is back to just automatically placing it in the Downloads folder.
Anyone from Microsoft around at all? Why make such a mess of this? Why not have one Download choice, that saves attachment to (an easily configurable) Downloads folder, and another Save As... which lets you select where to place the file(-s). Sigh...
I switched over to the new Outlook in the time that save as was working. However, since I work with a lot of documents, I'm going to have to move back to the old Outlook, which was giving me issues. I love the search function in the "Move to" option, and I like the print option being more accessible in the ribbon. I think the ten seconds delay when sending is great. But the time wasted to move things from the Download folder unfortunately overrides all of the other benefits for me. I will keep monitoring this forum and move back to New Outlook when this gets fixed. If anyone from Microsoft is reading this, please fix the downloading and also add the option for a popup spell check when you send, like the old Outlook.