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unwanted folders being created
  1. #1


    Peter M Guest

    unwanted folders being created

    I am using Vista Home Basic and Office 2007. I save my emails to specific
    files withing the documents section. For example, all correspondence with
    Company ABC would be in the folder c:/ (user)/documents/ABC



    When I save emails in the htm format another folder is created. It seems
    that these unwanted folders will hold things like XML documents such as
    "color scheme" or filelist.xml.

    I really do not want these excess folders. They were not created when I was
    using MS XP Prof and Outlook 2003. What do I need to change to stop the
    unwanted folder creation?

    thanks.


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  2. #2


    Mark L. Ferguson Guest

    Re: unwanted folders being created

    When you do this file 'save as' of htm versions of the mail, you are
    probably saving them as 'web complete' documents, rather than other kinds of
    web page files. It depends on the mail app for what you may have available
    in saving as *.htm. The 'save as' dialog should have a "Type' drop box with
    several alternatives.

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    "Peter M" <PeterM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    > I am using Vista Home Basic and Office 2007. I save my emails to specific
    > files withing the documents section. For example, all correspondence with
    > Company ABC would be in the folder c:/ (user)/documents/ABC
    >
    > When I save emails in the htm format another folder is created. It seems
    > that these unwanted folders will hold things like XML documents such as
    > "color scheme" or filelist.xml.
    >
    > I really do not want these excess folders. They were not created when I
    > was
    > using MS XP Prof and Outlook 2003. What do I need to change to stop the
    > unwanted folder creation?
    >
    > thanks.
    >

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  3. #3


    Peter M Guest

    RE: unwanted folders being created

    are you saying that if the file is saved as a ".txt" file or a ".msg", I
    would not have the problem? Why is it that Vista creates these folders when
    XP did not. In both cases I was saving stuff as .html

    "Peter M" wrote:

    > I am using Vista Home Basic and Office 2007. I save my emails to specific
    > files withing the documents section. For example, all correspondence with
    > Company ABC would be in the folder c:/ (user)/documents/ABC
    >
    > When I save emails in the htm format another folder is created. It seems
    > that these unwanted folders will hold things like XML documents such as
    > "color scheme" or filelist.xml.
    >
    > I really do not want these excess folders. They were not created when I was
    > using MS XP Prof and Outlook 2003. What do I need to change to stop the
    > unwanted folder creation?
    >
    > thanks.
    >

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  4. #4


    Michael O Guest

    Re: unwanted folders being created

    Save it as a .msg file. If you save it as htm or html, it will open with
    your browser, if you save it as a msg, it will be a single file and open
    with Outlook. Whenever I saved html files in XP, either from email or the
    web, subfolders with content were always created. This is not a product of
    Vista, rather your email client.

    "Peter M" <PeterM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:61B66B50-0CC6-4BB6-8F87-7764443A203E@xxxxxx

    > I am using Vista Home Basic and Office 2007. I save my emails to specific
    > files withing the documents section. For example, all correspondence with
    > Company ABC would be in the folder c:/ (user)/documents/ABC
    >
    > When I save emails in the htm format another folder is created. It seems
    > that these unwanted folders will hold things like XML documents such as
    > "color scheme" or filelist.xml.
    >
    > I really do not want these excess folders. They were not created when I
    > was
    > using MS XP Prof and Outlook 2003. What do I need to change to stop the
    > unwanted folder creation?
    >
    > thanks.
    >

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