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Hide Outlook option to "Open" attachments?

Alex Mathewson

7/22/2025 7:16 PM

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Abhiwan Technology: Outlook does not provide a direct setting to hide the "Open" option for attachments. However, you can restrict attachment handling using Group Policy or Windows Registry edits to disable certain file types or force attachments to be saved instead of opened. This requires admin access and is best used in enterprise environments.

I had to go through a password reset just to come back and tell you it's been 13 years since I asked that bro, pretty sure it's been resolved since!

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Hide Outlook option to "Open" attachments?

Alex Mathewson

5/23/2012 2:01 AM

I'm not looking to block certain attachments, I'm looking to block all attachments from being opened, and only allowing people to save the documents. As in, be prompted to save it when they have an attachment. This should prevent people opening the file and having a copy in the users temporary files, that they may work on when the file should be saved in their My Documents folder, or other, to work on.

Or, do you mean that by installing and configuring the attachments tool, i can block docx files etc, from being opened and they only have the option to save them?

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Hide Outlook option to "Open" attachments?

Alex Mathewson	5/22/2012 5:50 AM I'm wondering if any of the Attachment processing 'Save Attachments' plugins can disable or hide the option to open attachments, and just give the user the save option? Far too many people are opening documents, editing it and saving it in a temp file and not using it on a saved document in their own drive/folders. Thanks in Advance.
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