Changing default folder for inserting files

[Guest]

Is it possible to change the default folder that comes up when inserting file
attachments in Outlook 2003? I found where you can change the default folder
where they are saved, but that is not what I want to do.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

add them to the places bar so it's easier to find them... outlook will
sometimes remember the last used location, but changing it in the registry
changes it for all applications.
http://www.poremsky.com/p/XPplaces_bar.htm

 

[Brian Tillman]

Is it possible to change the default folder that comes up when
inserting file attachments in Outlook 2003? I found where you can
change the default folder where they are saved, but that is not what
I want to do.

Open a new mesage in Outlook so that the paperclip icon shows on the
toolbar. Then click Tools>Customize. Select the "Commands" tab. Now click
the paperclip on the toolbar and the "Modify Selection" button on the
Commands tab will activate. Click "Modify Selection" and choose "Assign
Hyperlink>Open". This will give you a browser window. Browse to the folder
you want to be the default so it appears in the "Look in" field and click
OK. Click Close in the Customize wizard. This will change the paperclip
action. If you want to change the Insert>File menu item, follow a similar
procedure, selecting Insert>File from the menu instead of selecting the
paperclip icon after the Commands tab has been selected in the Customize
dialogue.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, that works great. I really appreciate it.

add them to the places bar so it's easier to find them... outlook will
sometimes remember the last used location, but changing it in the registry
changes it for all applications.
http://www.poremsky.com/p/XPplaces_bar.htm

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Is it possible to change the default folder that comes up when inserting
file
attachments in Outlook 2003? I found where you can change the default
folder
where they are saved, but that is not what I want to do.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

http://www.swinc.com/odefpath/

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After furious head scratching, Kurt S. asked:

| Is it possible to change the default folder that comes up when
| inserting file attachments in Outlook 2003? I found where you can
| change the default folder where they are saved, but that is not what
| I want to do.

 

[Brian Tillman]

http://www.swinc.com/odefpath/

That changes the default Save path, not the Insert path.

 

[Guest]

Open a new mesage in Outlook so that the paperclip icon shows on the
toolbar. Then click Tools>Customize. Select the "Commands" tab. Now click
the paperclip on the toolbar and the "Modify Selection" button on the
Commands tab will activate. Click "Modify Selection" and choose "Assign
Hyperlink>Open". This will give you a browser window. Browse to the folder
you want to be the default so it appears in the "Look in" field and click
OK. Click Close in the Customize wizard. This will change the paperclip
action. If you want to change the Insert>File menu item, follow a similar
procedure, selecting Insert>File from the menu instead of selecting the
paperclip icon after the Commands tab has been selected in the Customize
dialogue.

 

[Guest]

Open a new mesage in Outlook so that the paperclip icon shows on the
toolbar. Then click Tools>Customize. Select the "Commands" tab. Now click
the paperclip on the toolbar and the "Modify Selection" button on the
Commands tab will activate. Click "Modify Selection" and choose "Assign
Hyperlink>Open". This will give you a browser window. Browse to the folder
you want to be the default so it appears in the "Look in" field and click
OK. Click Close in the Customize wizard. This will change the paperclip
action. If you want to change the Insert>File menu item, follow a similar
procedure, selecting Insert>File from the menu instead of selecting the
paperclip icon after the Commands tab has been selected in the Customize
dialogue.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Unless I have missed a step, this will procedure will open the
desired folder, but when a file is then located and double-clicked,
the file opens instead of inserting as it would if the file were
located and double-clicked after the default "My Documents" folder
first opens. Please let me know what I have missed.

Apparently you missed nothing. The final step should be to drag and drop
the desired file to the message to attach it.

I didn't invent the instructions and it may be possible to modify them to
have "Insert File" operate at that point instead of Windows Explorer, but I
don't have the time to experiment. Sorry for the less-than-perfect
procedure.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, and your procedure is faster than using "My Docs" as a starting point.