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How to specify folder/directory when opening attachments directly from message?

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TB 128.4.3esr on macOS and 102.15.1 on Win10/64.

If I click Save on an attachment to a message, TB dutifully opens a Save dialog box in the folder/directory that I've specified in Settings > Files & Attachments > Save Files To:

No problem there.

But if I double-click on an attachment to open it directly into an application such as Excel, Word, etc., the attachment gets saved and then opened from some mystery folder such as:

<myHDD>/private/var/folders/pd/zw70ypv94xgctzszqtp3fxwr0000gp/T/pid-91611/

on macOS or:

C:\Users\<MyUserName>\AppData\Local\Temp\pid-1568\

on Win10.

Many years ago I remember that attachments were always saved to the Save Files To directory, but that changed some time ago.

Is there a way to change the behavior back, so that attachments always save to Save Files To, regardless of whether they're explicitly Saved from the message or double-clicked/opened from the message?

Thanks!

TB 128.4.3esr on macOS and 102.15.1 on Win10/64. If I click '''Save''' on an attachment to a message, TB dutifully opens a '''Save''' dialog box in the folder/directory that I've specified in '''Settings''' > '''Files & Attachments''' > '''Save Files To''': No problem there. But if I double-click on an attachment to open it directly into an application such as Excel, Word, etc., the attachment gets saved and then opened from some mystery folder such as: '''<myHDD>/private/var/folders/pd/zw70ypv94xgctzszqtp3fxwr0000gp/T/pid-91611/''' on macOS or: '''C:\Users\<MyUserName>\AppData\Local\Temp\pid-1568\''' on Win10. Many years ago I remember that attachments were always saved to the '''Save Files To''' directory, but that changed some time ago. Is there a way to change the behavior back, so that attachments always save to '''Save Files To''', regardless of whether they're explicitly Saved from the message or double-clicked/opened from the message? Thanks!

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