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Attachement date of outlook classic
when i download the attachment from old email, the date of the file, should be today date, but that doesn't happen, it appears the old date of when it was created. In a big folder of downloads i cant find it. This happens in outlook 365, outlook 2016 and Outlook 2024 classic with email 365 account. But in Outlook 2019 classic works perfectly it sava with today date. Should be some configuration?
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There is no documented Outlook setting to replace an attachment’s original Date modified with today’s date. Classic Outlook can preserve the attachment timestamp, so use a dedicated download folder, or copy the saved file into another folder and sort by Date created to locate the new copy.
There is no documented Outlook setting to replace an attachment’s original Date modified with today’s date. Classic Outlook can preserve the attachment timestamp, so use a dedicated download folder, or copy the saved file into another folder and sort by Date created to locate the new copy.
Hi Peterbest, Outlook often preserves the file's original modified date when downloading an attachment, so the file may not sort as today by Date modified. In File Explorer, sort by Date created or use the Downloads folder view grouped by Date added if available. Another simple workaround is to save attachments into a dedicated folder per day. It is annoying, but it is usually Windows preserving file metadata rather than Outlook failing the download.
