Comments on: Find the Microsoft Outlook temporary OLK folder

By: MrGroove

MrGroove — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:58:24 +0000

@Oliver - Hi Oliver, that is a very odd error. Are you not able to open any .jpeg files or do you have problems only when opening inside outlook? The first thing I would try either way is to delete the outlook OLK folder.

If you take a look in your registry as explained above, you should be able to find your OLK folder. First close everything, delete the OLK folder then reboot. Hopefully this clears it up. If not, please post further questions in the FORUM.

Thanks!

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:30:23 +0000

Hi,

Hope you can help. I use XP SP2 and office 2003. Each time I download or want to open a file in jpeg I get the error c:\windows\temporary internet file\olk12d Not a jpeg file.

Do you know how to fix this as I cannot open any jpeg files
thanks in adv
Oliver

By: db

db — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:41:03 +0000

Is there a way to get the olk temp files to automatically delete instead of trying to manuelly delete them using the method mentions in this article?

By: Tr.

Tr. — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:34:25 +0000

Thanks a lot for the info. Here comes another problem I’ve been trying to resolve. I have Outlook 2007 on my PC and when I create new mail and attach photo file like .jpg or .tif, I just can’t open it to make sure I am attaching the right file before I send it. It shows error saying something like the file can’t be opened and also displays the whole string of the OLK folder. If anyone had run into this problem and successfully solved it, please help.

Thanks a lot..

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By: Adrian Nabarro

Adrian Nabarro — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:39:53 +0000

Thanks for this - really helpful

By: tom

tom — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:49:41 +0000

Great thread. I consider myself generally tech savvy and have never had a problem locating the temp folder for Outlook attachments before (in Windows XP, but now I have Vista!). Before looking up this post, I was able to locate the folder by using the “save as” method and manually typing in the location. The question I still don’t see an answer to is why this folder does not show up even with the show hidden files option being chosen. I do not like the idea that there are folders which may contain sensitive data on my computer that I cannot see. It, of course, raises the specter of what other information is being hidden on my computer. I was at least aware that somewhere there had to be an Outlook temp folder. Is there any way to make these “double secret” hidden folders viewable? Has anyone tried to determine what information is being “hidden” in this manner. I don’t want to sound too paranoid but it upset me that Microsoft made this folder essentially unviewable except to those “in the know”.

By: pedram

pedram — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:53:51 +0000

easy batch file:

REM This file opens the Outlook Temporary Folder.
cd “%userprofile%\local settings\temporary internet files\”
cd olk*
explorer .

By: MrGroove

MrGroove — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:42:59 +0000

@Dave & Julie

First, Welcome to the site! I’m always really glad to hear when people enjoy the articles! Thank you for the feedback!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:39:36 +0000

My boss (no matter how many times I have told her) opened and worked on a word document through Outlook 2007. I could never find where those documents were being saved. I knew where to look in previous versions to find the temp files, but was pulling my hair out trying to find this one. I found this post and found her files. I am also putting this site in my favorites. I learned a lot today. Thank you very much.