Error message when you try to open or save an e-mail attachment in Outlook: "Cannot create file"

KB Article: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/305982

INTRODUCTION

When you try to open or save an e-mail attachment, you may receive the following error message:

Cannot create file: file name. Right-click the folder you want to create the file in and click Properties on the shortcut menu to check your permissions for the folder.

Comments

• Anonymous
  July 26, 2011
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• Anonymous
  April 25, 2012
  I also had the problem that I couldn't send and delete the messages just like Glen Harris ad it was pretty much annoying. I hop it's fixed by now as I'm going to work at a place where I'll be using Outlook a lot. PDF viewer http://pdfviewerdownload.net/

• Anonymous
  May 30, 2012
  fix it isn't working, have windows XP - it only happens on certain excel documents.