XCLN: File Attachments Saved in Outlook 2000 Retain Created and Modified Dates (245016)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 2000
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
This article was previously published under Q245016

SUMMARY

When you save an attachment in Outlook 2000 in Corporate or Workgroup (CW) mode, the file's original creation date and modified date are retained. In previous versions of Outlook, these two properties are reset to the current system date.

MORE INFORMATION

Users may track versions of various files based upon the Creation date or Modified date properties. This feature of Outlook 2000 preserves these properties of the attachment when you save the file to the file system.

The Accessed Date property reflects the system date and time that the file was saved to the drive. To see the Created date, Accessed date, and Modified date of a file in Windows Explorer, right click on the saved file, click Properties and look on the General tab. Additionally, Explorer in Details view will show some or all of these file properties. If you are using Outlook 2000 as an Internet Mail client rather than an Exchange Server client, the Created and Modified date and time are not preserved. When you save the file to the file system, the Created and Modified times are inconsistent. This is true for Outlook 2000 configured as an Internet Mail client, either in Internet Mail Only (IMO) mode or in Corporate or Workgroup (CW) mode. For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

195578 OL2000: (IMO) How to Set Up Internet Mail Accounts

195500 OL2000: (CW) Configuring the Internet E-mail Information Service

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/28/2005
Keywords:kbinfo KB245016
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