Access to "dangerous" attachements closed by Outlook

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I get a message form Outlook that it closed access to two "dangerous"
attachements I received with mail from my friend. Outlook shows the names of
the two attached .doc files. It asks whether to save those files, I
accept, but nothing happens. I can not find these "saved" files anywhere.
What to do to get access to those files???
Stan
 
Profil1 said:
I get a message form Outlook that it closed access to two "dangerous"
attachements I received with mail from my friend. Outlook shows the
names of the two attached .doc files. It asks whether to save those
files, I accept, but nothing happens. I can not find these "saved"
files anywhere. What to do to get access to those files???
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When you save attachments (i.e. Save As), Windows should, by default, place
you in "My Documents". If it doesn't, you should always browse to a folder
you know about, like "My Documents".

Assuming Outlook placed the saved files in its attachment cache, you can
find them like this:

Open a command line window. At the command prompt, enter:

cd %USERPROFILE%|Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files
dir

Look for a folder whose name starts with OLK and is followed by a string
that is a combination of letters and digits, for example, "OLK41A". Now,
click Start>Run and enter

%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLKxxx

(where "xxx" is that string you observed) and click OK. You'll now get a
Windows Explorer window that shows you the contents of Outlook's attachment
cache. Your two attachments should be there. Move them to a folder like
"My Documents" where you know you'll be able to find them.
 
Do you have information re: how long the files are stored in the OLK folders?
Do the files become purged after XX amount of time? I am looking for more
information re: the security of the data in the OLK folders.
 
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