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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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This is absolutely insane. 9 pages- NINE- for me to find out Outlook has less functionality than it did 10 years ago. Why in the world does it not give me the option TO ALWAYS choose where the download goes???? Who is making these bonkers decisions????
Just want to re-up the fact that this is truly terrible design, and seems to be more evidence that Microsoft knows the only reason anyone uses Outlook is because they're locked into by their organizations. This is basic functionality-- it is absurd that they have no solution, and their tech support doesn't even seem to know what;s going on.
I have the same issue and its annoying to having to copy every single download from the downloads folder to the folder of your choice.
Unbelievable - They don't include basic existing functionality like Save As...
Unbelievable - You can't even drag and drop to file explorer
Unbelievable - The Microsoft moderator didn't know there was a new version of Outlook
Unbelievable - The moderator ran away 3 months ago... there's a constant stream of customer complaints, and they're silent!
I was fearful when a previous poster said they switched back and then had no emails available from the period they were using the new version!
Has anyone else experienced this? That would even be more Unbelievable!!!
Agreed, only workaround I found for desktop version is to open side by side windows of Outlook and Windows Explorer. Then you'd have to drag and drop from the email to the desired file location. I've always wished that Outlook would let us save a little more like Chrome - Save As to a location and then have the option to open with system viewer from the location you just saved to. If you click on the files from the e-mail it only lets you view from the temporary file location and you have to Save As again if you modify.