Email Attachments in the new version of outlook.

Anonymous
2024-03-15T17:11:17+00:00

I use the new version of outlook. The drop down menu for attachments, suggests three files; none is the most recent file used/saved. I have to go into my word documents folders, find the file, and open it to attach it to an email. How can I get the drop down menu of suggested files to display my most recently worked on file?

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  1. Diane Poremsky MVP 17,536 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-03-22T02:36:17+00:00

    So new ones show but older ones they were opened and edited are not showing?

    Do you have more than one account in new Outlook? The insert list shows files saved to OneDrive for the account the message is from. Unlike classic Outlook, the file list is not per-computer, its by account. And it is onl files in OneDrive - not recently used files anywhere on the computer.

    My list looks current but I have not created new files the last day or two - and I save most files in one of my 3 OneDrives.

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  2. Diane Poremsky MVP 17,536 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-03-22T02:37:59+00:00

    Jerrys list seems exhausting and time consuming. If anyone decides to try them all and something works, please post.

    Don't waste your time. It's an AI generated list of general suggestions.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-22T16:28:58+00:00

    Hi Diane,

    i have only one account in Outlook, so I don't think that's the problem. I do save files to OneDrive... So, it's a puzzle to me why new documents are displayed but recently saved edited documents are not.

    jlg

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-05-03T15:53:55+00:00

    It's the new version of Outlook that is the problem. After a couple of hours of trying to resolve this same issue, I went back to the old Outlook just to see what would happen and viola! clicking on 'attach files' instantly gave me a nice list of recent files including today's files. Weirdly, in the new Outlook, the 'suggested files' box under 'attach files' would give me yesterday's files, but not the current day... So anyway, I'm glad to be back on familiar - and functional - ground! Microsoft: seems like this should be an easy fix...

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-05-03T17:59:26+00:00

    Thank you for your response. I agree this should be an easy fix. I'll take your lead and get back to the old Outlook. jlg

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