Is there a way to make outlook not let users modify attachment temp files?

I am having problems with users on our Windows Terminal Server (2003)
making changes to a Word/Excel docs that come in as email attachments.

They open the email, double click on the attachment to open it in
word/excel/powerpoint, read it and make changes, and then hit Save
(not save as).

When they open the attachment, Word is actually opening a copy in a
temp folder. When they hit save, it seems to be saving it into the
temp folder.

This is creating problems.  The same thing is happening to users
accessing email with a local Outlook 2003 client.

Is there a way (3rd party Outlook add-in maybe?) to make it so outlook
forces them to save the document to a real directory first, and then
opens it for them (all in one step?)

thanx in advnce

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Request for Question Clarification by legolas-ga on 13 Jan 2005 20:30 PST

Hi sherpaj-ga,

Can you tell me if you are using Exchange 2003 as your mail server? I
might be able to help you out. If it is Exchange 2003 and you are
using Outlook as the server's client, I might be able to find a policy
setting that will fix the issue you are having--across the network.

Let me know,

Legolas-ga

You can use the Office 2003 FILE PROTECTION utility to protect the
Word and Excel files.

Hi

I found the following steps useful:

Applies to 
Microsoft Office OutlookŪ 2003 


Important  This article contains information about modifying the
registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and
make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem
occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the
registry, see Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry.


This article discusses how to configure the default folder that is
used by Outlook 2003 when you save e-mail messages and attachments.

By default, when you use the Save As command to save e-mail messages
and attachments in Outlook 2003, these items are saved in your My
Documents folder. The path where e-mail messages and attachments are
saved in Outlook 2003 by default isdrive:\Documents and Settings\user
name\My Documents, where drive is the drive where Microsoft Windows is
installed, and where user name is your user name.

You can change the location where e-mail messages and attachments are
saved by adding the following registry value:

HKEY_CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\DefaultPath 
To do this, do the following.


Warning  If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result
from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your
own risk.


Click Start, and then click Run. 
In the Open box, type regedit, and then press ENTER. 
In Registry Editor, locate the following subkey in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options
On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click String Value. 
Type DefaultPath, and then press ENTER. 
Double-click the DefaultPath value. 
In the Edit String dialog box, in the Value data box, type the path,
including the drive letter, to the folder that you want to use for
your Outlook saved items, and then click OK.
Exit Registry Editor.