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When I go to save a newly created document in WORD or save a document that was attached to an email in Outlook (after being opened), the folder OLK5C opens and I have to navigate through explore to save the document to the folder I want.

My question is why does it default to this folder and how can I change this?

I have tried to locate the folder through Explore and the file path is as follows:
C:/Documents and Settings/nancyz/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files/OLK5C. However, when I get to Temporary Internet Files folder, it shows all my temp files but no folder named OLK5C.

I have tried to change my default folder to something else, but in WORD, it says my default folder is My Documents, not this OLK5C.

Suggestions? This is affecting our whole office. Thanks,
 
If you open a document directly from an e-mail attachment it opens as a
temporary file. Opening documents in this manner leaves you potentially open
to virus attack and Microsoft has been striving to make this difficult. The
answer is to save the attachment first in a folder of your choice and open
it from there.

Word retains the last used folder as its target as long as Word remains
open. If you have that as a temporary folder, don't be surprised if you
can't find your documents later. If you don't open attachments directly,
there is no need to use the temporary folder.

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Hi Nancyz

Try the following. Close down Word. Now, open it up again. File > New.
Create a new document. File > Save. Does Word propose OLK5 as the folder for
your new document?

If this little test works correctly, then Word will propose My Documents for
your new document. And all is well.

If Word proposed OLK5, do Tools > Options > File Locations. Set the
Documents folder to be My Documents (or whatever folder you want as the
default).

This is how it works for me. Let's say I open an email that contains a Word
file as an attachment, and I double-click the file to open the document from
the email. I do File > Save. Word "saves" the file into the temporary
folder. But that's not really "saving", because the temporary folder is just
temporary. But I didn't notice my mistake, and I close the file. I then
create a new file. Word thinks that this temporary folder is where I want to
save things. So when I try to save the new document, Word proposes the
temporary folder.

But..... let's say I open the document from within the email. And I do File
Save As and navigate to an appropriate spot to save my file (eg My
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Documents). When I then create a new document, Word will propose My
Documents as the folder. This is because Word uses the last folder you used
as the proposed folder for a new document.

So if Word is proposing the temporary folder as a place to save your new
documents, then it looks like:
(a) you have accidentally "saved" a file to the temporary folder
(b) it would be a good move to find and open that document, and save it in a
safe place before it gets deleted as a temporary file.


Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


Nancyz said:
I agree Graham that I should save email attachments before opening them.
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However, this doesn't remedy that this is happening when I newly create a
WORD document too. Any suggestions on what is causing this?
 
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