OLK folder

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Mike Brester

This might not be related to Outlook but I had this happen to me through
Outlook so I am posting here.
I had a user open an email with a word doc attached to it. He then opened
the word doc from within Outlook. He did a modification and then hit save.
Well the problem is that when you do this it puts it in a folder called
OLK12 (office xp). The formal path is C:\ doc & settings\username\local
settings\temp internet files\olk12
WEll my issue is that user can not see this folder. I can come to my system
and tie into his computer and find the folder but even on my own machine
that folder does not appear. I have checked to make sure I have no hidden
files. Everything is suppose to be showing.
Any one out here have any ideas?

Mike
 
Mike Brester said:
This might not be related to Outlook but I had this happen to me through
Outlook so I am posting here.
I had a user open an email with a word doc attached to it. He then opened
the word doc from within Outlook. He did a modification and then hit save.
Well the problem is that when you do this it puts it in a folder called
OLK12 (office xp). The formal path is C:\ doc & settings\username\local
settings\temp internet files\olk12
WEll my issue is that user can not see this folder. I can come to my system
and tie into his computer and find the folder but even on my own machine
that folder does not appear. I have checked to make sure I have no hidden
files. Everything is suppose to be showing.
Any one out here have any ideas?

Mike
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How far do you come? Do you come to C:\ doc & settings\username\local
settings\temp internet files?

/Fredrik
 
Yes Fredrik. That is how far I can get if I were to just browse there. I can
get to the OLK folder though if I were to type it in in the browse line.
 
Mike Brester said:
Yes Fredrik. That is how far I can get if I were to just browse there. I can
get to the OLK folder though if I were to type it in in the browse line.
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Hmm. Have you tried to let windows search for the doc?

/Fredrik
 
Yes and still won't find it as the system does not even think that folder is
there. Yet I can go right in the way I was talking about and save something
in that location. But once it is there I can not get it out.
 
Mike Brester said:
Yes and still won't find it as the system does not even think that folder is
there. Yet I can go right in the way I was talking about and save something
in that location. But once it is there I can not get it out.
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How interesting. You now have a domesticated black hole. Unfortunately, I
don'thave XP but I shall think about this and return if I come up with
something. If you save something reasonably big and notice how much space
you have available on that disk before and after, will there be a
difference?

/Fredrik
 
That is the secure temp folder - if you enter the path exactly, you can open
it. You can also move the folder location -
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/20030828.htm. You user needs to learn
to use File, Save as when he opens documents from an email message.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/20031002.htm has a little more
information about how it works if you want to save changes to the attachment
stored on the message.



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