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
    2024-07-27T13:48:58+00:00

    Same here. Frustrating as hell. But at least I'm not alone.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-02T17:51:19+00:00

    Changing the download folder only worked for the current execution for me. I was able to fix this for good by using Regedit as explained here:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/troubleshoot/data-files/how-to-change-the-folder-where-emails-and-attachments-saved

    Basically, it's changing the value of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\DefaultPath.

    Of course, the Office version in the path ("16.0") may vary.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-04-23T13:35:15+00:00

    Doesn't work any more. I tried it and worked when you proposed it, but now has stopped doing it. Maybe Microsoft does its best to make our lives difficult

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-04-18T13:03:15+00:00

    On the desktop app, click preview, click within the item you're actually previewing then Ctrl+S. You have to actually click within the preview before hitting Ctrl+S.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-04-03T02:02:48+00:00

    Windows 11 has two different Outlook applications. You might be using the "Outlook (new)" app, which is a dumbed down/simplified version of Outlook. The real, or actual Outlook can be found in your apps list under Outlook".

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