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It is no doubt that outlook is one of a popular application which is excel in both reliability and performance. But occurrence of errors in outlook is also very common issue which many of the users are experiencing now-a-days. Due to the occurrence of errors, outlook application loses it stability and fails to work. Outlook cannot create work file is one of the common error message which mostly appears on outlook screen.
Outlook is an email client application which is basically used for the purpose of sending or receiving emails. Sometimes it happens that your emails have some PDF or other file attachments which you need to open. But it has been observed that sometimes when you try to open these PDF attachments in outlook, then you fails to do so due to the occurrence of the below mentioned error message:-
"Can\'t create file: FAX.TIF. Right-Click the folder you want to create the file in, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu to check your permissions on the folder."
The appearance of Outlook cannot create work file error message clearly indicates that there is some problem in outlook and thus you are not allowed to access your outlook emails as well as its attachments. Also because of this error your PST files become inaccessible. This kind of problem generally occurs after the upgrading of operating system or outlook application. It is very necessary to fix the aforesaid error in order to perform any specific tasks in outlook smoothly.
In order to fix the error you will have to modify the Windows registry of the system. Follow the below mentioned steps which will edit Windows registry and thus fix Outlook cannot create work file error.
- Open Registry Editor by typing RegEdit in command prompt
- Search for OutlookSecureTempfolder; you will find a temporary folder as C:\\Documents and Settings\\username\\Local Settings\\Temporary Internet Files\\OLKrandomnumber
- Find the above mentioned location on hard drive
- Delete all the files available in this specific folder and then restart Outlook
These steps easily resolve above mentioned error and enable you to access outlook PDF attachments smoothly. Sometimes it happens that editing Windows Registry does not fix the error. This problem arises when there is some corruption issue in outlook, PST files, outlook mailbox etc. In this situation you will have to resolve the corruption issue of outlook application firstly to fix Outlook cannot create work file error. You are recommended to make use of genuine PST repair software which repairs the corrupted outlook, fixes its errors and make erroneous outlook stable. It is one of the best PST repair utility which repairs corrupted and damaged PST files within few steps only.
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