Using Outlook to read mail.
If I open an attachment ( *.doc, *.pdf etc) and forget to "save as" it gets
saved by default into the user name/local settings/temporary
internet/content/ alphabet jumble folders hierarchy. Even with "show hidden
files" checked, I am unable to locate these files by name using the search
function or through Windows Explorer. The only way I am able to find them
again is by opening a different document the same way ( email attachment,
open it, save dialog) and see what else is in the same folder.

1. is there a way to SEE what's in these folders
2. is there a way to change the default on saving ( without "save as") so
that it goes to a different folder that I can actually find
3. how do I do a search for these documents when the search function does
not bring them up and/or cannot see them in Explorer

thanks for any help

Penny S

I do not use Outlook.

What about this...
Outlook | Tools | Options | File Locations

To see what's in Content.IE5.
Start | Run | Paste this in the box:

%homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

Click OK.


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:dj0umf01791@news4.newsguy.com,
small change <pennys@cet.invalid.com> hunted and pecked:
> Using Outlook to read mail.
> If I open an attachment ( *.doc, *.pdf etc) and forget to "save as" it
> gets saved by default into the user name/local settings/temporary
> internet/content/ alphabet jumble folders hierarchy. Even with "show
> hidden files" checked, I am unable to locate these files by name using
> the search function or through Windows Explorer. The only way I am able
> to find them again is by opening a different document the same way (
> email attachment, open it, save dialog) and see what else is in the same
> folder.
>
> 1. is there a way to SEE what's in these folders
> 2. is there a way to change the default on saving ( without "save as") so
> that it goes to a different folder that I can actually find
> 3. how do I do a search for these documents when the search function does
> not bring them up and/or cannot see them in Explorer
>
> thanks for any help
>
> Penny S

Wesley Vogel wrote:
> I do not use Outlook.
>
> What about this...
> Outlook | Tools | Options | File Locations
>
> To see what's in Content.IE5.
> Start | Run | Paste this in the box:
>
> %homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>
> Click OK.
>

Thanks, we'll check it out, also happens the same way with outlook express.


>
>
> In news:dj0umf01791@news4.newsguy.com,
> small change <pennys@cet.invalid.com> hunted and pecked:
>> Using Outlook to read mail.
>> If I open an attachment ( *.doc, *.pdf etc) and forget to "save as"
>> it gets saved by default into the user name/local settings/temporary
>> internet/content/ alphabet jumble folders hierarchy. Even with "show
>> hidden files" checked, I am unable to locate these files by name
>> using the search function or through Windows Explorer. The only way
>> I am able to find them again is by opening a different document the
>> same way ( email attachment, open it, save dialog) and see what else
>> is in the same folder.
>>
>> 1. is there a way to SEE what's in these folders
>> 2. is there a way to change the default on saving ( without "save
>> as") so that it goes to a different folder that I can actually find
>> 3. how do I do a search for these documents when the search function
>> does not bring them up and/or cannot see them in Explorer
>>
>> thanks for any help
>>
>> Penny S

Outlook Express, when saving attachments, defaults to the last place you
saved any.

Other wise OE defaults to C:\Documents and Settings\Your Name Here\My
Documents

The location is in this registry key.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{Your unique ID #}\Software\Microsoft\Outlook
Express\5.0
Value Name: Save Attachment Path
Value Type: REG_SZ
Value Data: the path to whatever folder, Desktop, etc.

If you still have XP SP1, there is still a bug that eats part of the path.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:dj190701o12@news4.newsguy.com,
small change <pennys@cet.invalid.com> hunted and pecked:
> Wesley Vogel wrote:
>> I do not use Outlook.
>>
>> What about this...
>> Outlook | Tools | Options | File Locations
>>
>> To see what's in Content.IE5.
>> Start | Run | Paste this in the box:
>>
>> %homepath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5
>>
>> Click OK.
>>
>
> Thanks, we'll check it out, also happens the same way with outlook
> express.
>
>
>>
>>
>> In news:dj0umf01791@news4.newsguy.com,
>> small change <pennys@cet.invalid.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Using Outlook to read mail.
>>> If I open an attachment ( *.doc, *.pdf etc) and forget to "save as"
>>> it gets saved by default into the user name/local settings/temporary
>>> internet/content/ alphabet jumble folders hierarchy. Even with "show
>>> hidden files" checked, I am unable to locate these files by name
>>> using the search function or through Windows Explorer. The only way
>>> I am able to find them again is by opening a different document the
>>> same way ( email attachment, open it, save dialog) and see what else
>>> is in the same folder.
>>>
>>> 1. is there a way to SEE what's in these folders
>>> 2. is there a way to change the default on saving ( without "save
>>> as") so that it goes to a different folder that I can actually find
>>> 3. how do I do a search for these documents when the search function
>>> does not bring them up and/or cannot see them in Explorer
>>>
>>> thanks for any help
>>>
>>> Penny S