download - How to always open downloaded files in Outlook 2013

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2014-07
  • MrFox

    When I download a file it's from an attachment in Outlook I always want to open it right away. But Outlook does not provide a link to the recently downloaded file. Like chrome does with the link at the bottom of the page. So in order to open it I always have to navigate the explorer manually to find it.

    I want to streamline this process, so I can quickly read any file I download from Outlook, attachment or otherwise.

    Is it maybe possible to get Outlook to open downloaded files by default?

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  • CharlieRB

    Outlook does not have the feature you described. You do have a couple options when saving attachments.

    1. Open the attachment, then if you choose to save it, do so from whatever program was used to view it.
    2. Preview the attachment in the reading pane to decide if you want to save it. If so, choose to save attachment(s) within the message.

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  • Niels

    Is there a way to list all the downloadable files on a specific website (even at a specific level say)?

    My typical issue is: An author puts a preprint toto.pdf on his website, then the paper gets published and the author removes (or redirects) the link to the file in his index.html, but keeps the file itself in the public folder.

    If you are aware that the name was toto.pdf you still can download it, but what if you don't have the link (or if you have forgotten the name for instance)?


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  • HackToHell

    Google can help you,if you know the extension, in this case, pdf, use the query 

    filetype:pdf site:google.com

    Replace google.com with the site in which you want to search for the pdf.

    Example link

  • Andrew Lambert

    It depends on how the HTTP server has been configured, which can be done (under most HTTPd's) on a per-directory level and/or globally.

    If the server is configured to allow it, you can browse the contents of a given directory simply by entering it's URL into your address bar. The address of the directory is the same (usually, but let's leave URL rewriting aside) as the file's URL, sans the filename. For example, http://www.example.com/files/Form0123.pdf is located in the directory at http://www.example.com/files/. If the server is configured to do so it may present a default index page when a directory with no explicit index file is requested. The default index can, literally, be anything but is usually a listing of the directory's contents.

    Browsing to a directory URL can yield any one of a number of results. First, you may get an error message, 404 or perhaps 403. In this case the server is configured to deny access to the directory default index if no index is specified for a directory. Other configurations will yield different results and the only way to know what will happen with a given URL is to try it and see.

  • Egor

    You can try using Extreme Picture Finder to periodically download new PDFs (yes, it can download anything, not only pictures) automatically. You can even make this program work in pair with Windows Task Scheduler to automate the process completely. Here is the tutorial:

    http://www.exisoftware.com/news/automatic-downloads-with-windows-task-scheduler.html

    So, make it crawl the website once or twice a day with the option "Update" to get only new files and you won't miss anything.