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Where Does To Do Store file attachments?
atrain204 I don't think this is correct. If attachments to tasks in To Do are stored locally, then I shouldn't be able to access them when my laptop is turned off.
Where do they save when the task is created via an Android/iOS app? Those also don't have access to my computer.
I think you are looking at where an attachment is saved when it's downloaded from To Do
- atrain204Sep 13, 2022Iron Contributor
Biagio Mazzucco that's what I'm saying. There's no way that task attachments are stored locally.
My best guess is that attachments are stored in a dark hole somewhere in Exchange, but are not attached to MS Graph in anyway.
- RasenderRoliFeb 15, 2023Copper Contributor
atrain204
"There's no way that task attachments are stored locally."
Uhm... why? temp. cache?
What i can say is that Teresa_Cyrus is right, although the path is different on the client i tested this...
C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Todos_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\AccountsRoot\[some alphanumeric folder]\Attachments\[some alphanumeric subfolder]\
There is exactly the file i just uplaoded - and no, i didn't download the file from that task at any time- atrain204Feb 15, 2023Iron Contributor
RasenderRoli my point is/was that the files are stored in M365 after being uploaded to a task. I'm not disputing that you can find that cached file in your local storage - I'm disputing that this is where the To Do web app will pull the files from when opened on a different computer or mobile device.
For example, I uploaded a file to a task using the mobile app the other day. When I view that same file on a desktop browser, the address is https://outlook.office365.com/....
That suggests the file is stored in Exchange (not 100%) but there's seemingly no way to access the file outside of To Do.