OL97: Cannot Set or Change the Default File Save As Location

ID: Q167754

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 97

SUMMARY

Microsoft Outlook does not provide a method for setting or changing the default File 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, Outlook saves files to the My Documents folder.

Under some circumstances quitting Outlook does not stop the current Outlook session. For more information about when Outlook may continue to run after you quit and how to find out if Outlook is still running, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID:   Q167184
   TITLE     :   OL97: Why Outlook May Continue to Run After Exit

   ARTICLE-ID:   Q166852
   TITLE     :   OL97: Outlook Continues to Run After Exit with AutoJournal

Additional query words:

Keywords          : GnlFilem 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: January 1, 1999