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OL2000: Cannot Set or Change the Default Save As Location

Article ID: 198190

Article Last Modified on 11/5/2003

Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q198190

SYMPTOMS

Microsoft Outlook does not provide a method for setting or changing the default Save As path.

MORE INFORMATION

The Save As command saves to your My Documents folder or the folder your Windows registry defines as the Personal User Shell folder. Outlook does not provide an option to change the default Save As folder.

If you use the Save As dialog box to navigate to another folder, Outlook uses the last-used folder for that session. If you quit and then restart Outlook, the Save As path reverts to the folder defined in the registry. If you modify the setting in the registry, the change may impact other applications.

NOTE: Under some circumstances quitting Outlook does not end the current Outlook session.

For additional information about when Outlook may continue to run after you quit and how to find out if Outlook is still running, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

196366 OL2000: Why Outlook May Continue to Run After Exit

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