Microsoft KB Archive/218987

= XCLN: Attachment is Empty if Pasted Twice to Desktop =

Article ID: 218987

Article Last Modified on 11/3/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q218987





SYMPTOMS
When you open a mail message from within Outlook with an attachment and paste the attachment to your desktop, you may lose data. This will happen if you copy the attachment and paste the attachment two times. The second attachment will be empty. The data is missing from the second attachment, or if the second attachment overwrites the first attachment, it will be empty.



WORKAROUND
After copying and pasting the attachment the first time, recopy the attachment, and paste again. The contents of the attachment will still be there.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
Additional query words: 8.0 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.5

Keywords: kbbug kbpending KB218987

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