Microsoft KB Archive/296115

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

Article ID: 296115

Article Last Modified on 8/21/2006

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APPLIES TO

 Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition, when used with:  Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

 Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1 

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This article was previously published under Q296115

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

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MORE INFORMATION
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\&quot;username&quot;\Temporary Internet Files\OLK2

Microsoft Windows 2000
C:\Documents and Settings\&quot;username&quot;\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 Attachments remain in the Outlook Secure Temporary File folder when you exit Outlook 2003

Keywords: kbinfo KB296115

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