Default setting for Saving attachments

[Lynn W]

Is there a way to alter the default setting that shows in the Save
Attachment. It always starts with Documents and Settings/ I never want to
save any pics there which is what I am usually saving, so wondered if I
could change it rather than having to scroll to find the usual folder to
save to.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

You can change the setting for that session by saving a whole message to
some other location, then all the attachments saved during that OE session
will default to the new location.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Lynn,

OE in pre-SP2 systems has a known bug of truncating the last character of the last saved attachment path.

If you set the attachment path as C:\Downloads\, it becomes
C:\Downloads
C:\Download
C:\Downloa

etc. If the folders mentioned above are missing, it takes My Documents as the default save attachment path.

This is fixed in XP SP2.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Is there a way to alter the default setting that shows in the Save
Attachment. It always starts with Documents and Settings/ I never want to
save any pics there which is what I am usually saving, so wondered if I
could change it rather than having to scroll to find the usual folder to
save to.

 

[Lynn W]

Thanks Ramesh but I've not seen anywhere though that you can actually specify where the default
setting is chosen.

--
Lynn
Please remove spamtrap if replying via email
Lynn,

OE in pre-SP2 systems has a known bug of truncating the last character of the last saved attachment
path.

If you set the attachment path as C:\Downloads\, it becomes
C:\Downloads
C:\Download
C:\Downloa

etc. If the folders mentioned above are missing, it takes My Documents as the default save
attachment path.

This is fixed in XP SP2.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Is there a way to alter the default setting that shows in the Save
Attachment. It always starts with Documents and Settings/ I never want to
save any pics there which is what I am usually saving, so wondered if I
could change it rather than having to scroll to find the usual folder to
save to.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Lynn,

IIRC, it stores the last saved attachment path value in the registry. Here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}
REG_SZ named "Attachment Path" in the right-pane.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Thanks Ramesh but I've not seen anywhere though that you can actually specify where the default
setting is chosen.

--
Lynn
Please remove spamtrap if replying via email
Lynn,

OE in pre-SP2 systems has a known bug of truncating the last character of the last saved attachment
path.

If you set the attachment path as C:\Downloads\, it becomes
C:\Downloads
C:\Download
C:\Downloa

etc. If the folders mentioned above are missing, it takes My Documents as the default save
attachment path.

This is fixed in XP SP2.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


Is there a way to alter the default setting that shows in the Save
Attachment. It always starts with Documents and Settings/ I never want to
save any pics there which is what I am usually saving, so wondered if I
could change it rather than having to scroll to find the usual folder to
save to.