Microsoft KB Archive/253655

= OLEXP: The Look in Box Defaults to Your Desktop When You Insert an Attachment in a New E-mail Message =

Article ID: 253655

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q253655



For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express



SYMPTOMS
When you insert an attachment in a new e-mail message, the folder location in the Look in box points to a folder other than your My Documents folder.



CAUSE
The Look in box points to the folder that you last opened in the Insert Attachment dialog box during the current Outlook Express session.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, you can change the attachment location to your My Documents folder (or any other folder) if you click that folder in the Look in box. The folder that you click is the default attachment folder for the current Outlook Express session. If you quit Outlook Express and then start Outlook Express, the Look in box points to your Desktop.

Additional query words: place files

Keywords: kbprb KB253655

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