Thre's a typo in your code. It should be

loAttachment.SaveAsFile("C:\Downloads\"+loAttachment.FileName)

>So far so good. The code at bottom scans for new unread emails and captures and displays the email in text format.
>Last phase not working.
>

>FOR EACH loAttachment IN loMess.Attachments
>   IF loAttachment.Type = 1
>   loAttachment.SaveAsFile("C;\Downloads\"+loAttachment.FileName)
>   ENDIF
>ENDFOR
>

>extract from: http://www.aksel.com/whitepapers/OutlookAutomation.htm
>
>I need to open and store attachments that come with the email in a folder called downloads. I have tried various placements of the code above without success - should it work? - if so, how would I integrate it with code below to collect the attachement my downloads directory.
>
>(i had added these lines to the code below and it now runs without error but also without effect. But it's guesswork on my part
>local loAttachment as object && at this locale (1)
>loattachment = lonamespace.getattachment(olfolderinbox) &&(2)
>
>many thanks
>k
>
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