OL2K07: Where are attachments cached when they are opened?

[Joe Murphy]

In OL2K3 attachments to email were opened in the IE cache (I believe).

In OL2K7 are they opened somewhere else? If so, where? When I open an
attachment to email and Save As... it opens My Documents by default. Is that
it?

Just need to understand so that I know which cache to clear out periodically.

Thanks,
Joe

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Same mechanism as in previous versions of Outlook.
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/securetemp.htm

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

Both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 use a "Secure Temporary Folder" located
(and hidden from view) in Temporary Internet Files. This is the attachments
cache that may neeed to be cleaned occasionally. I have verified this
folder exists on my Vista Ultimate/Office 2007 machine.

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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