OL2002: Opened Attachments Are Saved in a Subdirectory in Your Temporary Internet Files Directory

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SUMMARY

When you open file attachments that are considered "safe," Outlook 2002, as an extra precaution, places these attachments into a subdirectory under the your Temporary Internet Files directory.

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When Outlook 2002 first attempts to use a temporary file, it examines the registry to determine if the following value exists:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Security

Value Name: OutlookSecureTempFolder
Date Type: REG_SZ

If the value exists, and it contains a valid path, Outlook 2002 uses that location for its temporary files.

If the registry value does not exist, or it points to an invalid location, Outlook 2002 creates a new subdirectory under your Temporary Internet Files directory, and places the temporary file in the new subdirectory.

The name of the new subdirectory is unknown and is randomly generated before it is created.

The following paths are examples from three different operating systems.

Microsoft Windows 98

C:\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\OLKC320

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

C:\WINNT\Profiles\"username"\Temporary Internet Files\OLK2

Microsoft Windows 2000

C:\Documents and Settings\"username"\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLKCE

For more information about how to resolve this issue for Outlook 2003, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

817878 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817878/ ) Attachments remain in the Outlook Secure Temporary File folder when you exit Outlook 2003