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Objective of the program:

I have a python script that searches my Outlook inbox for an email with a specific subject and if found will save the attachment on the email to a specific path.

The script executes as expected when the path chosen to save the file is on my C: drive, however I would like to save the file on a shared O: drive and this results in an error when saving the attachment.

Error I am getting:

However, I get the below error

"Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 19, in File ">", line 2, in SaveAsFile pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (4096, 'Microsoft Outlook', 'Cannot save the attachment. Path does not exist. Verify the path is correct.', None, 0, -2147024893), None)"

Any ideas what is causing this error?

Given the script executes as expected for the C: drive it doesn't seem like the path is invalid for the O: drive.

My research effort:

Below is the code:


import win32com.client
import os
import datetime

outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
now = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y %m %d")
inbox = outlook.GetDefaultFolder(6)
messages = inbox.Items
file_path_that_works = "C:/Users/kennedj/Desktop/projects"
file_path_that_does_not_work = "O:/projects"

for message in messages:
    if message.Subject == 'Specific Subject':
        attachments = message.Attachments
        for attachment in attachments:
            new_file_name = 'excel attachment {}.xls'.format(now)
            attachment.SaveAsFile(os.path.join(file_path_that_does_not_work , new_file_name))
            break
        message.Delete()
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  • Maybe theres a problem noticing the drive? If you do: import win32api drives = win32api.GetLogicalDriveStrings() drives = drives.split('\000')[:-1] print(drives) does the drive then exist? – temp123 Aug 27 '19 at 12:25
  • Yes I can see the O drive that doesn't work - I have a work around with shutil.move(os.path.join(file_path_that_does_not_work , new_file_name), file_path_that_works ) – Jkennedy559 Aug 28 '19 at 11:20

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