Shortcuts do not work when using Insert/File Attachment
As stated the machine is up to date - have you any more thoughts on how to
get around this problem
"PA Bear" wrote:
Is the machine fully up-to-date at Windows Update and running SP2?
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Millicent wrote:
I have just upgraded to Windows XP from Windows 2000.
In Outlook Express under Windows 2000 if I created a new message and then
went to Insert/File Attachment and clicked on one of my desktop folder
shortcuts, it would open the folder and allow me to select something
inside the folder to attach. In other words a FOLDER SHORTCUT behaved in
exactly the same way as a FOLDER.
In Windows XP if I do the same thing, it adds the SHORTCUT file, example
FOLDERNAME.lnk, as the attachment - which is pretty useless. I can't
imagine why anyone would want to send an attachment of a FOLDER SHORTCUT.
A couple of interesting things I have discovered in trying to solve this
problem.
1. If I choose Insert/Text from File or Insert/Picture, the FOLDER
shortcuts work as they should and open.
2. A friend is using Outlook 2003 under Windows XP and the Insert/File
option in that program does NOT behave the same way - it allows the user
to open the FOLDER SHORTCUT. So why would the Microsoft program that you
have to buy behave differently from the one that you get for free with
Windows XP? Is this to try to entice us to buy Outlook.
Please note: I know I can work around this problem by opening the shortcut
and dragging the files to the message or by finding the file by going
through the C: drive. BUT that kind of defeats the purpose of using
FOLDER SHORTCUTS, which I use all the time to navigate around my computer
given I have a large number of documents stored in a very hierarchical
structure.
Can anyone help with an answer to this - or is it just something I have to
put up with?
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