OK before some bright spark suggests I hit the "delete temporary internet files" in IE that's not what I'm on about.
When you open an attachement in Outlook 2003 it saves it in a folder in the "temporary internet files" folder. Now. It doesn't clean them up again, much like a spoilt teenager.
The folder is hidden in Explorer (even if you have the "hide system and protected files" doofers unchecked). So how do you delete these buggers? I suppose I could do it from the command prompt but Honestly - that's a bit Stone Age. Plus there is still (can you believe it?) the old hangover of the 8 character limit on sub-directories with no spaces so you have to guess the name (something like loca~3). What a pile of kak.
I had a support call for this type of thing a few weeks ago, it was a right git!
Solution: Error opening attachments / Cleaning out the Temporary Outlook Files folder
When opening an attachment directly from within Outlook you could get an error message saying that it can't create the file and to that you need check the permissions on the folder you want to save it in. In most cases the permissions on the folder isn't the issue but the fact that the folder is "full". When you open an attachment directly from within Outlook it will first save a copy to a subfolder of the Temporary Internet Files folder. Cleaning out the folder will solve the issue.
Unfortunately this is easier said than done. The subfolder name Outlook creates (on installation of Outlook) in the Temporary Internet Files folder is quite random. It always starts with OLK but is followed by 2 random numbers or letters. Also by default you cannot simply browse to the folder to clean it out. Getting to the Temporary Outlook Folder can still be accomplished in 2 easy steps though.
Step 1: Locate the folder
The folder location is stored in the registry in the following key;
Outlook 97HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Outlook\SecurityOutlook 98HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.5\Outlook\SecurityOutlook 2000HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Outlook\SecurityOutlook 2002/XPHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\SecurityOutlook 2003HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\SecurityOutlook 2007HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Outlook\Security Step 2: Get to the folder
[*]Open the OutlookSecureTempFolder registry key from the location provided in Step 1.
[*]Copy the path from the key.
[*]Open Explorer
[*]Paste the address in the Address Bar and press Enter
Move users PC and user to non gpo OU In DOS, clear down all the OLK folders.
To set Internet Explorer to automatically empty the Temporary Internet Folder each time it closes, follow these directions. They work for most versions of ... accessible-devices.com/emptyingtempfolder.html - 3k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
Plus there is still (can you believe it?) the old hangover of the 8 character limit on sub-directories with no spaces so you have to guess the name (something like loca~3). What a pile of kak.
You can get round this by typing in an *. For example if you want to navigate to Program Files, in the dos command type c:\cd pro* (Apologies if this is teaching you to suck eggs)
I think the whole 'get a unix system' was a good piece of advice
No 8.3 limits there!
Plus the whole, determining file type by extension. Seriously, where's the MAGIC there
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