-2147467260, 'Operation aborted' Win32com error when Saving Attachments

I am trying to save attachments from outlook using the win32com package.

Is the error I am getting below somehow related to the policy for outlook? I do know when we go to save attachments in outlook there is a prompt asking if you are sure you would like to save. Is there a way I can force the saving of the attachment?

Code:

outputDir = r"C:\Path\to\directory"
try:
    for message in list(messages):
        try:
            s = message.sender
            for attachment in message.Attachments:
                attachment.SaveASFile(os.path.join(outputDir, attachment.FileName))
                print(f"attachment {attachment.FileName} from {s} saved")
        except Exception as e:
            print("error when saving the attachment:" + str(e))
except Exception as e:
        print("error when processing emails messages:" + str(e))

Error:

error when saving the attachment:(-2147467260, 'Operation aborted', None, None)