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Not able to attach a onedrive link from within Outlook 2016
Hi, I have my files in Onedrive and I am using Outlook 2016. When I attach a file (from my Windows Explorer/Onedrive folder) or choosing Browse web locations/Onedrive I am never given the option of ...
jcasqueiro Old post, but I was just having this same problem with Outlook 365. I went into the Outlook...Options...Attachment Options. My setting was "Ask me how I want to attach item every time" but it was not working, rather it always attached copies. I changed the setting to "Always share them as links". I then successfully created a test email to verify that it was creating the attachments as links. I then returned to Outlook...Options...Attachment Options and reselected "Ask me how I want to attach item every time". I created a second test email with an attachment and it prompted me for link vs. attachment. We will see if it holds, but working correctly for now. Hopefully this helps someone in the same situation.
I continue to have this issue off and on. I was told by my help desk support that it had to do with mouse drivers, so i replaced my mouse with a wired mouse (which oddly worked...) but that is just too cumbersome sometimes.
Is there a reliable fix for this yet? I have even gone into Outlook options and selected General/Attachment Options/"Always share them as links", then rebooted....and when I have it all up and running again it still attaches a copy and not a link, without giving me an option.
This is a fundamental issue that needs to be fixed. I don't want my org sending a million duplicates of files when the whole point of O365 is to collab in one space whenever possible.
michelle_kirk , am having the same issue. changed outlook mail setting to always attach as link and it worked once, then went back to always adding the file itself, even when i browse onedrive. anyone have more input?
thanks,
jerrold
