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Can't Create File - Error Message In Outlook 2003

Written by Brian Fleishman

Monday, 07 December 2009 18:45

I've been seeing this error message for some time in Outlook 2003 when trying to open attachments:

Can’t Create file: VoiceMessage.wav. Right-Click the folder you want to create the file in, and then click properties on the shortcut menu to check your permissions for the folder

After some research I discovered that Outlook saves every single attachment you download – in a temp folder. If the same file name exists, it simply appends the file with a number.

The only problem is that it gets stuck at 100. Once you have had 100 attachments with the same name you get the error message I described.

The trick is finding *where* outlook is storing all of this. Microsoft decided that they would create a random folder name to keep viruses and maleware from finding this folder and exploiting it to their advantage.

The folder path can be found under this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Security

See the variable on the right named “OutlookSecureTempFolder” – That is your path

Now that you know where the files are you can simply clear them out from time to time, and the error will go away.