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same shortcut and directory name in parent dir ?!
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I just made a shortcut to my network (NT Server) Outlook directory in my local (XP Pro) doc/settings...When I open Outlook it creates an "Outlook" directory even though there already exists a shortcut with the same name. Why does Outlook do this, and how can I have two entries named "Outlook" in one folder ? Bill |
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same shortcut and directory name in parent dir ?!
"Bill Lampman" wrote in message ... Hi, I just made a shortcut to my network (NT Server) Outlook directory in my local (XP Pro) doc/settings...When I open Outlook it creates an "Outlook" directory even though there already exists a shortcut with the same name. Why does Outlook do this, and how can I have two entries named "Outlook" in one folder ? Sounds like you are going about things in the wrong way. To set the location where outlook stores it's data files I think you need to start Outlook and change things under... Tools - Options - Mail set-up - data files It's possible to have two or more objects with the same name if they are different types of object eg: mum.jpg mum.mpg mum.txt It's not a good idea to have file extensions turned off in case someone sends you one like this.... Readme.txt.exe all you see is Readme.txt which looks like a harmless text file but is executed if you double click it. |
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same shortcut and directory name in parent dir ?!
"Bill Lampman" wrote in message
Hi, I just made a shortcut to my network (NT Server) Outlook directory in my local (XP Pro) doc/settings...When I open Outlook it creates an "Outlook" directory even though there already exists a shortcut with the same name. Why does Outlook do this, and how can I have two entries named "Outlook" in one folder ? Bill You can have two "Outlook" entries because you have Windows Explorer set to Hide extensions for known file types. -- Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email http://www.fjsmjs.com Protect your PC http://www.microsoft.com./athome/sec...t/default.aspx http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ |
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