Save As problem in Outlook 2007

[Abe]

Hi all, I am running Vista and office 2007. Whenever i receive an email and
do a "save as" and try to add anything to the file name it always saves off
the file as some unknown extension.

For instance I have a pdf I receive called pic1.pdf, when I save it off as
pic it removes the extension .pdf and so the file is unable to open until i
readd the extension.

Any idea why the save as feature is doing this? Never had this problem in XP.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

If you rename the file make sure you keep the .pdf in the name as well.

 

[Abe]

generally that is what I have been doing, but that just seems like a waste of
time. Just cause I add characters to a file doesnt mean the extenstion
should change. That issue never arose in XP. Is there a way around this?

If you rename the file make sure you keep the .pdf in the name as well.

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


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Hi all, I am running Vista and office 2007. Whenever i receive an email
and
do a "save as" and try to add anything to the file name it always saves
off
the file as some unknown extension.

For instance I have a pdf I receive called pic1.pdf, when I save it off as
pic it removes the extension .pdf and so the file is unable to open until
i
readd the extension.

Any idea why the save as feature is doing this? Never had this problem in
XP.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You probably had Show extensions for known file types disabled in Windows XP
and have enabled it For Windows Vista. In Control Panel-> Folder Options tab
View you can change this.

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


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generally that is what I have been doing, but that just seems like a waste
of
time. Just cause I add characters to a file doesnt mean the extenstion
should change. That issue never arose in XP. Is there a way around this?

If you rename the file make sure you keep the .pdf in the name as well.

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


-----

Hi all, I am running Vista and office 2007. Whenever i receive an
email
and
do a "save as" and try to add anything to the file name it always saves
off
the file as some unknown extension.

For instance I have a pdf I receive called pic1.pdf, when I save it off
as
pic it removes the extension .pdf and so the file is unable to open
until
i
readd the extension.

Any idea why the save as feature is doing this? Never had this problem
in
XP.

 

[Abe]

Already had checked that as it was my first thought and nope its still
disabled.

You probably had Show extensions for known file types disabled in Windows XP
and have enabled it For Windows Vista. In Control Panel-> Folder Options tab
View you can change this.

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


-----

generally that is what I have been doing, but that just seems like a waste
of
time. Just cause I add characters to a file doesnt mean the extenstion
should change. That issue never arose in XP. Is there a way around this?

If you rename the file make sure you keep the .pdf in the name as well.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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Hi all, I am running Vista and office 2007. Whenever i receive an
email
and
do a "save as" and try to add anything to the file name it always saves
off
the file as some unknown extension.

For instance I have a pdf I receive called pic1.pdf, when I save it off
as
pic it removes the extension .pdf and so the file is unable to open
until
i
readd the extension.

Any idea why the save as feature is doing this? Never had this problem
in
XP.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Just checked the behavior with Outlook 2003 on Windows XP which is exactly
the same as Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista. Since attachments can be anything
and Outlook doesn't open them files will always be shown as *.*

Note that in your example you are not actually adding characters to the
filename but you are renaming it completely; before and after the dot.
Simply leave the extension and only modify what is before the dot.

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


-----

Already had checked that as it was my first thought and nope its still
disabled.

You probably had Show extensions for known file types disabled in Windows
XP
and have enabled it For Windows Vista. In Control Panel-> Folder Options
tab
View you can change this.

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


-----

generally that is what I have been doing, but that just seems like a
waste
of
time. Just cause I add characters to a file doesnt mean the extenstion
should change. That issue never arose in XP. Is there a way around
this?

:

If you rename the file make sure you keep the .pdf in the name as
well.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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Hi all, I am running Vista and office 2007. Whenever i receive an
email
and
do a "save as" and try to add anything to the file name it always
saves
off
the file as some unknown extension.

For instance I have a pdf I receive called pic1.pdf, when I save it
off
as
pic it removes the extension .pdf and so the file is unable to open
until
i
readd the extension.

Any idea why the save as feature is doing this? Never had this
problem
in
XP.