how do I delete stored attachments from the OLK folders?

[BRIT 001]

Since February 1 every attachment received in every file type has been saved
to an OLK1 directory and these now amount to several hundred megabytes.

I cannot find these OLKI1 directories utilizing Windows Explorer so how can
I delete these from my computer? (I know I can delete these one at a time,
but there are nbow several thousan in all file formats and it will take for
ever)

Performance is apparenlty starting to suffer and this process cannot continue

 

[Brian Tillman]

Since February 1 every attachment received in every file type has
been saved to an OLK1 directory and these now amount to several
hundred megabytes.

I cannot find these OLKI1 directories utilizing Windows Explorer so
how can I delete these from my computer?

There are several ways, but the easiest, I think, is the tool found toward
the bottom of this page: http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/securetemp.htm

 

[jamesd3rd]

There are several ways, but the easiest, I think, is the tool found toward
the bottom of this page: http://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/securetemp.htm

I'm a network admin and I used this approach and it took me over an hour of
Google searches and trial and error at a user's computer but I eventually had
to bring up a DOS prompt and drill down to the temporary internet files
folder where the OLK1 folder was 'supposed' to be. Then I did a del *.* to
clear the OLK1 cache.

Using windows explorer did not work. Even after unchecking the boxes to
show hidden files and folders and to show protected system files and folders,
there was no OLK1 folder to be found. Even after running a search on the
entire C:\ drive. Yet whenI opened Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, the tifs
and jpgs still showed that they were in the OLK1 folder.

What is up with Microsoft? Whe do they insist on making things so difficult
when it should be very simple. How can this be? Is this a bug in Windws XP,
Outlook or both? Why would the system be telling me the location of a folder
that doesn't even exist in Windows Explorer yet show up in a DOS window?

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

I'm a network admin and I used this approach and it took me over an hour
of
Google searches and trial and error at a user's computer but I eventually
had
to bring up a DOS prompt and drill down to the temporary internet files
folder where the OLK1 folder was 'supposed' to be. Then I did a del *.*
to
clear the OLK1 cache.

Using windows explorer did not work. Even after unchecking the boxes to
show hidden files and folders and to show protected system files and
folders,
there was no OLK1 folder to be found. Even after running a search on the
entire C:\ drive. Yet whenI opened Windows Picture and Fax Viewer, the
tifs
and jpgs still showed that they were in the OLK1 folder.

Windows Explorer has modifications that prevent you from seeing the contents
of that folder. That's why I suggested iusing the tool on the web page I
cited. It looks in the registry for the path to the temp folder.

 

[Jamesd3rd]

Windows Explorer has modifications that prevent you from seeing the contents
of that folder. That's why I suggested iusing the tool on the web page I
cited. It looks in the registry for the path to the temp folder.

It would be really nice if Microsoft rethought that whole design because
that's a pretty major flaw. I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels that
way. Eudora for example, allows users to choose where attachments can go
(without performing a 'Save As') and later delete them at their discretion.
I don't think it would be all that hard to add that to Outlook.

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

It would be really nice if Microsoft rethought that whole design because
that's a pretty major flaw. I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels that
way. Eudora for example, allows users to choose where attachments can go
(without performing a 'Save As') and later delete them at their
discretion.
I don't think it would be all that hard to add that to Outlook.

In Outlook, attachments aren't extracted from the messages automatically.
Only when you open the attachment does it get extracted. You do, however,
have the ability to choose the location of the folder where this extraction
occurs by modifying a registry entry.