Disappearing & in attachment filenames

[NickP]

hi,
anybody know why MS Outlook 2003 removes the & from filenames of
attachments when I ask to open them?

It does this with Excel and Word documents that I've checked, can't say
about other file types yet.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Save them to a file location first instead of directly opening them from
Outlook. When you open the attachmentent directly they will be openen from a
secure temp folder which holds restrictions in the naming convention.

 

[NickP]

Interesting, this implies that the the operating system/folder structure has
the ability to vary its properties at the individual folder level. Hmmm.

Save them to a file location first instead of directly opening them from
Outlook. When you open the attachmentent directly they will be openen from a
secure temp folder which holds restrictions in the naming convention.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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hi,
anybody know why MS Outlook 2003 removes the & from filenames of
attachments when I ask to open them?

It does this with Excel and Word documents that I've checked, can't say
about other file types yet.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Temporary Internet Files folder isn't "just a folder" ;-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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Interesting, this implies that the the operating system/folder structure
has
the ability to vary its properties at the individual folder level. Hmmm.

Save them to a file location first instead of directly opening them from
Outlook. When you open the attachmentent directly they will be openen
from a
secure temp folder which holds restrictions in the naming convention.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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hi,
anybody know why MS Outlook 2003 removes the & from filenames of
attachments when I ask to open them?

It does this with Excel and Word documents that I've checked, can't say
about other file types yet.