Open Outlook attachments - Can't find specified file

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Frank Preston 2 - 13 May 2008 19:33 GMT

When trying to open an email attachment, I receive the message "The specified
file cannot be found". I suspect the folder to for temporarilay opening
files is not correctly identified in Outlook. The attachment can be saved and
then opened from the saved location, but not directly from Outlook. Where can
I specify the location of the temporary folder. I'm ooptn to other ideas as
well.

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Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] - 13 May 2008 20:10 GMT

Try clearing Outlook's secure temporary folder and see if the problem
persists:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817878/en-us
Attachments remain in the Outlook Secure Temporary File folder when you exit
Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296115/en-us
OL2002: Opened Attachments Are Saved in a Subdirectory in Your Temporary
Internet Files Directory

Hal

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> When trying to open an email attachment, I receive the message "The specified
> file cannot be found". I suspect the folder to for temporarilay opening
> files is not correctly identified in Outlook. The attachment can be saved and
> then opened from the saved location, but not directly from Outlook. Where can
> I specify the location of the temporary folder. I'm ooptn to other ideas as
> well.

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