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How can I enable saving attachments in Microsoft Outlook Express 6?
John Savill
December 11, 2002
1 Min Read
A. By default and as a security precaution to avoid saving a virus to your computer, Outlook Express doesn't let you save files locally. To enable file saving within Outlook Express, perform the following steps:
Start Outlook Express.
From the Tools menu, select Options.
Select the Security tab.
Clear the "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus" check box, then click OK.
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The change will take effect immediately. To use the registry to enable or disable file saving in Outlook Express, perform the following steps:
Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERIdentities\{A5FA8995-AE1F-4D4A-8442-C51332A97476}SoftwareMicrosoftOutlook Express5.0Mail registry subkey.
Double-click Safe Attachments.
Set the registry value to 0 to allow saving of attachments or to 1 to use the application's default behavior.
Click OK.
Close the registry editor.
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