email images saved to My Pictures

[Don]

I am a complete novice, and just noted that Windows XP
Home on a Sony VAIO computer automatically saves every
image included in email messages in the "My Pictures"
folder, with alpha-numeric "names" assigned. Is there a
way to stop this, as I don't want most of the images.
Any simple help would be appreciated. Thank You.

 

[Ana]

Not really sure how to stop it myself, but you can always
delete them from My pictures...

 

[Kath Adams]

I am a complete novice, and just noted that Windows XP
Home on a Sony VAIO computer automatically saves every
image included in email messages in the "My Pictures"
folder, with alpha-numeric "names" assigned. Is there a
way to stop this, as I don't want most of the images.
Any simple help would be appreciated. Thank You.

Not unless you ask it to save them, it doesn't.

 

[Guest]

-----Original Message-----


Not unless you ask it to save them, it doesn't.

--
Kath Adams
MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE)
.
Thank You for your response; however, I do nothing

except read the e-mail messages. Subsequently, I find
any images that were contained are in "My Pictures" but I
did not ask it to do anything. Perhaps it has something
to do with the way Windows was set up by the
manufacturer? The PC is a Sony VAIO, and it came with
absolutely no documentation of anything, no CD's, and not
even a description of the pre-loaded software. Since
your response indicates your are an MVP, I guess it just
means I am wrong and this isn't happening?

 

[Kath Adams]

except read the e-mail messages. Subsequently, I find
any images that were contained are in "My Pictures" but I
did not ask it to do anything. Perhaps it has something
to do with the way Windows was set up by the
manufacturer? The PC is a Sony VAIO, and it came with
absolutely no documentation of anything, no CD's, and not
even a description of the pre-loaded software. Since
your response indicates your are an MVP, I guess it just
means I am wrong and this isn't happening?

Others will correct me if I am wrong, but this is not "normal" behaviour
of OE. (Indeed some people would actually like to have this feature
included.) And I in no way meant to imply that because I have been lucky
enough to have been awarded MVP status, I must be right all of the time.
I'll wait until someone comes up with more suggestions. But I can only
suggest that you contact the manufacturer and ask what they may have
installed to do this automatically?