Location of file attachments to Contact Records

[SusanJ]

I had a corruption on my pst file recently and had to do a restore from a
back up from a few weeks back but this has brought to light an unexpected
event.

When you attach a Word or Excel file into a Contacts Record where does it
save this document? It certainly does not act as a link and update the
original file you attached it from and so far I have been unable to find
where Outlooks stores the attached Word or Excel document. I can amend and
update the document it whilst within Outlook but the original file I linked
to it does not update. What is happening here?

Does anyone have any experience of where the files are actually saved when
they are linked to a Contacts record? When you check on the Properties tab
for the attached file - it does not give you a file location just a file
size.

I am using Outlook 2003 Student and Teacher Version which does not have the
full Business Contact Management system.

Any help anyone could give here would be of enormous benefit as this problem
is pretty serious for me as I use Outlook as a Client Management System and
have just lost three weeks of billing information! Not fun!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

If you attached a file, that document is saved inside the contact record. It
is a copy of the original document.

 

[SusieJ]

Is the Contact Record contained within the Outlook pst file then? And, if
so, how can I therefore locate the file itself that is attached, not the
contact record?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes, the .pst file contains all your Outlook data. You would need to open
the contact in order to access its attached file.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[SusanJ]

Thank you Sue - its not the answer I wanted but at least I have the answer I
need to go forward - I will just have to hope I never have another Outlook
corruption and also ensure I back it up every day instead of weekly! THANKS!
The info is a LOT appreciated