I've found out that security in outlook 2002 will not allow you to attach a shortcut to a file. Microsoft's work around is to attach a hyperlink (ie: file:\server\file). I've also found out that you can hack the registry to try to fix this, but I still don't have the option of (Insert File as Shortcut). This is what I'm trying to accomplish, but it looks as if I'm going to have to revert to Outlook 2000.