Can I change Outlook 2000 default attachment folder?

[Amon Co]

When I create new mail and click attachment button, it will default go
to My Document folder. Can I change to something like D:\. It is easy to
change on Excel or Word but I don't know whow to change in Outlook 2000.
Please help, thanks a lot.

Regards,
Amon

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

Outlook doesn't support custom locations. You can add your location to the
places bar - http://www.poremsky.com/places_bar.htm

 

[Neil Watson]

Although Outlook dose not support custom directories you could try modifying
the following registry entries:



HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders\Personal



HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders\Personal



Try changing the current values to D:\

This will set the default location to the root of your d. When you re-launch
outlook you will be able to click the attach button and the window displayed
will have the contents of your d: drive, all though the look in drop down
box may still display My Documents (but you could probably live with this).



I'm not quite sure what else this effects yet but it will not effect other
office products because they have there own default values.



If your unsure and if you try make sure you back up your registry (It can be
a little flaky)



I have tested this with Outlook 2002 and it does not seem to work. (Just in
case anyone tries)

Cheers
Neil

 

[Amon Co]

Thanks for this solution.

Amon

Outlook doesn't support custom locations. You can add your location to the
places bar - http://www.poremsky.com/places_bar.htm

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)

When I create new mail and click attachment button, it will default go
to My Document folder. Can I change to something like D:\. It is easy to
change on Excel or Word but I don't know whow to change in Outlook 2000.
Please help, thanks a lot.

Regards,
Amon

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[Amon Co]

Thanks a lot. Let me try it on my Outlook 2000.

Amon

Although Outlook dose not support custom directories you could try modifying
the following registry entries:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders\Personal

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders\Personal

Try changing the current values to D:\

This will set the default location to the root of your d. When you re-launch
outlook you will be able to click the attach button and the window displayed
will have the contents of your d: drive, all though the look in drop down
box may still display My Documents (but you could probably live with this).

I'm not quite sure what else this effects yet but it will not effect other
office products because they have there own default values.

If your unsure and if you try make sure you back up your registry (It can be
a little flaky)

I have tested this with Outlook 2002 and it does not seem to work. (Just in
case anyone tries)

Cheers
Neil

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hongkong.com limited
34/F, Citicorp Centre, 18 Whifield Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2571 9333
Fax: (852) 2893 5245
Direct Tel: (852) 2961 2735
Email: (e-mail address removed)
--
This e-mail and any attachments thereto contain proprietary information some or
all of which may be legally privileged, private and/or confidential. It is for
the intended recipient only. If you have received it in error, you are on notice
of its status. Any review, copying, forwarding, printing or distribution of this
email or its attachments by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly
prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender
immediately by replying to this email and permanently delete the original and
any copies of this email and its attachments from your system.

 

[Neil Watson]

Amon
I worked like this for a few hours yesterday and found it will effect other
applications. The first I noticed was remote desktop. It couldn't find my
settings because it was using the default explorer shell folders.
Just keep in mind that when you change this, if anything at all unexpected
happens with any other application just change it back to what it was!
Thank you
Neil