---
title: "Unblocking an attachment blocked by outlook"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/4/29/unblocking-an-attachment-blocked-by-outlook.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2004/4/29/unblocking-an-attachment-blocked-by-outlook.html"
published: "2004-04-29T18:31:00"
updated: "2004-04-29T18:31:00"
tags: ["Off Topic", "Tips & Tricks"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "[Update: Jose pointed me to the outlook Add-In I was talking about. Thanks!] So what do you do whaen you recieve a file attachement that oulook so cleverly blocked? Simply click “forward” on the mesage and the…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Unblocking an attachment blocked by outlook

By Roy Osherove April 29, 2004 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic), [Tips & Tricks](https://osherove.com/blog/category/tips-tricks)

**Historical article** · Originally published April 29, 2004; technical details may be outdated.

_\[Update: Jose pointed me to the outlook [Add-In I was talking](http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm) about. Thanks!\]_

So what do you do whaen you recieve a file attachement that oulook so cleverly blocked? Simply click “forward” on the mesage and the attachement will still be there, only it will be unblocked and you can save it.

Also, I remember some Outlook security add-in making the rounds some time ago that let you disable “security features” in outlook, file types locking among them. dang if I can find it now though..

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