Can OLK Folder Be Disabled?

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greydey

Can I lock down the OLK folder to prevent users from mistakenly saving files
here? Can I force them to save in a document management system?
 
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Diane Poremsky [MVP]

No. You can use a macro to disable the Save button and make them use Save
as or replace the Save button with a procedure that saves to the doc
management system. But it only works with word and excel.

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G

greydey

Thanks for the quick reply Diane. Is it possible for the macro only to run
for those files opened from within Outlook? Or would this apply to the entire
office environment?

Diane Poremsky said:
No. You can use a macro to disable the Save button and make them use Save
as or replace the Save button with a procedure that saves to the doc
management system. But it only works with word and excel.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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greydey said:
Can I lock down the OLK folder to prevent users from mistakenly saving
files
here? Can I force them to save in a document management system?
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

it's been a very long time since I programmed in word or excel so I'm a bit
fuzzy and I'm not sure if you can apply it only to files opened from
outlook.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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greydey said:
Thanks for the quick reply Diane. Is it possible for the macro only to
run
for those files opened from within Outlook? Or would this apply to the
entire
office environment?

Diane Poremsky said:
No. You can use a macro to disable the Save button and make them use
Save
as or replace the Save button with a procedure that saves to the doc
management system. But it only works with word and excel.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

You can access this newsgroup by visiting
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx or point
your
newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.


greydey said:
Can I lock down the OLK folder to prevent users from mistakenly saving
files
here? Can I force them to save in a document management system?
 

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