attachments changing names

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I receive an excel attachment that has the name "weekiss.xls" when I open the attachment the file opens but is renamed "weekiss1.xls" and aside from the name change the data is the same. Doe anyone know what may be causing the file to rename itself

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It does this because there probably already exists a temp-file with that
name. Either clear your Temporary Internet Files or save the attachment to
disk first if you don't like the namechange.

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When you open an attached file from a messages, Outlook saves a copy of that
file to a special folder and then opens that copy. If an existing file in
that folder has the same name (which can happen if you opened the same
attachment earlier), Outlook appends a number to the file name so the new
copy can be saved. The name of the original attachment is not affected, only
the name of the temporary copy.

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adyp said:
I receive an excel attachment that has the name "weekiss.xls" when I open
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the attachment the file opens but is renamed "weekiss1.xls" and aside from
the name change the data is the same. Doe anyone know what may be causing
the file to rename itself ?
 
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