Comments on: Outlook 2010: Download Images Automatically

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:06:49 +0000

Yay! This seems to fix yet another annoying 2010 problem. Thanks!

By: Larry617

Larry617 — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:45:46 +0000

thanks for the great posting.. a logical explaination with step by step guide…why microsoft has to keep assuming we want all this and not even asking if we want to turn on or off is beyond me.

great post!

By: les reen

les reen — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:09:43 +0000

the check box is not checked and images will still not show up. Could it be security essentials?

By: 10111993

10111993 — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:52:24 +0000

There is definitely a flaw somewhere else. My work machine and laptop are configured to download pics with these instructions fine. Office 2010 on my home machine will not display images, even using these fixes. I uninstalled and reinstalled, but it still will not download pics with these settings. Something else is causing the images to be blocked, but I can’t find the answer.

By: jeanius

jeanius — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 22:48:14 +0000

didn’t work for me.

By: Tina

Tina — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:51:18 +0000

These settings worked for me initially. But now, at least once a day, the images in emails stop showing up and appear as red x’s instead. And the only way to fix it is to restart the freaking computer. THAT is annoying. I was using Windows Live since it came with W7, but I was having the same issues with that–which is why I decided to purchase Outlook, thinking I just needed a “better” email program. HA. Now Outlook does the exact same thing, and I’ve spent a lot of money to buy the same stupid problem. Wonderful.

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:36 +0000

This fix did not work for me, either. Not sure why. Last week I had to uninstall & reinstall Outlook 2010. Ever since the reinstall, I get the red X for pics.

I hope there is another solution.

By: Donna DJ

Donna DJ — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 20:59:56 +0000

Thanks, great help on here!

By: Tiss Lassad

Tiss Lassad — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 10:12:00 +0000

Very useful, thanks!

By: Reddog

Reddog — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:30:00 +0000

Doesn’t work for everyone – Outlook 2010 has a flaw that means some people cannot resolve the problem using standard fixes.

I tried every option, including every suggestion from Microsoft, and the images refused to display – I only get the red X placeholder.

This will take a fix from Microsoft, but don’t hold your breath as they can take an age to fix non-threatening security issues.

I’m now asking each email sender to switch me to plain text versions of emails where available so I don’t miss out on information – so much for Windows 7 and Office 2010 being the best you can get… and don’t get me started on the botched Bluetooth implementation in Win7…