Attachments Won't Save in MS Outlook 2007

When you receive a message in the Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 task manager application, you can open or save file attachments that are sent with the email message. If the attachment won't save, you may need to install the appropriate application on your computer that will open the file. You can open the attachment at any time before saving to make sure that the file is compatible with your computer. It's also important that you manually save the attachment using proper actions available within the Outlook 2007 application.

Things You'll Need

• Microsoft Outlook 2007

Instructions

1. Open the Microsoft Outlook 2007 application on your computer. Click on the "Inbox" option and then click on the email that contains the attachment that you want to save.

2. Right-click on the attachment and then click on the "Open" option. If the attachment doesn't open in the application provided then a pop-up message appears with a list of programs.

3. Select the program you want to open the attachment with or install the appropriate software application to open the file with.

4. Close out of the file and go back to the message with the attachment in your Outlook 2007 application.

5. Click on the "Message" tab and then click on the "Other Actions" option from the "Actions" group. Click on the "Save Attachments" option.

6. Click on the "OK" button and then select the folder on your computer where you want to save your attachment. Click on the "OK" button again.

References

• Microsoft Office: View, Open and Save Attachments
• Microsoft Office: Attach a File or Other Item to an Email Message