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Extracting all attachments from Outlook to your computer– not one by one
I have been getting frustrated by the lack of search facility that Outlook has to offer. Specifically the lack of facility to search for a specific folder name – not an email but a Folder Name.
I have lots of folders and sub folder so when I am looking for something its not always simple to find it, I want a facility that will find my folder.
Outlook doesn’t have a search for folder name facility, so I created one - 
As per usual: when it comes to these things, I have to add my “I take no responsibility whatsoever if this Macro doesn’t work of messes up your Outlook”
I suggest backing it up before you continue further… (gotta say this for legal reasons)
Now that you have backed up your work, please continue:
1. Open Outlook
2. Right-click on this File and save it to your computer where you can find it again. Once it is downloaded, extract the one file in there and place it in the MY DOCUMENTS folder.
3. In the ZIP file you have just downloaded is the Macro file. So now we need to Import it into Outlook.
4. Outlook 2010: You need to enable the DEVELOPER ribbon (if you haven’t already done so). It looks like this:
If you don’t have it enabled, then just do the following:
Click on File, Options, Customize Ribbon and then put a Tick on the Developer on the right-hand side.
Click OK and it will appear.
5. Click on Developer and then click on Visual Basic
6. Click on File, Import File
7. Select the extracted file : FindmyFolder.bas and click on Open
8. Click on File, Close and Return to Outlook
You are now ready to use this !
NOTE: Anytime you want to search for a folder, you DO NOT have to repeat the above steps – just carry on from here:
Simple click on Developer tab, click on Macros and then Macros again, select the FindmyFolder and click on Run !
You will be prompted to enter the folder you are looking for:
You will then be asked if you would like to be taken to that folder.
Simple !
Bonus Add On Tip:
To make it even easier to access this without going to the Macro screen, you can use Outlook’s ribbon so its quick and easy.
Right click next to the ribbon and select Customize the Ribbon…
On the right side, click on Home (Mail) and then click on New Group
Iit will create: 
right click on it, and rename it to “Cool Tool” (or anything)
Then on the left hand side, click on the drop down till you find Macros, then Select the FindFolder, click on Add>> and it will add it to the Cool Tool that is highlighted on the right.
Then, right click on the FindFolder
that you just added and rename it to “Find Folder“ . I also selected the Magnifying glass as the icon
Click OK
You should see now on your Ribbon this icon and anytime you want to use it to find a folder name, here it is:
Hope this helps !
ps. feedback is appreciated – so if you find it useful, post a comment below, share it on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ and let other know
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Liron,
This is a great tool. The wildcard capability is especially appreciated. Is there a way to adapt the code so that, if several folders fit the wildcard pattern, I could cycle through them to find the one I wanted and then have the code set that one as the active folder?
In other words, if it found a match, and I answered “No, I don’t want to move to the found folder,” is there a way that the code could continue to search from there, find the next wildcard match and then ask me the same question again.
Many thanks again for the tool and any advice you could give on my question.
Joe
By: Joe Anderson on June 26, 2012
at 1:51 am
problem with cycling through the folders and then continuing if its the wrong folder is that you need to “remember” where you are so you carry on from there – not so straight forward in the code. Will take it under advisment for next time though
By: thetechieguy on July 2, 2012
at 4:03 am
Gotta echo Joe here. Number 1 – of course, THANKS THANKS THANKS for writing this tool and making it publicly available. Number 2 (a distant number 2!) it would indeed be a lot more helpful if wildcard searches didn’t end at the first hit. I’m a cruddy programmer myself but I skimmed through your code and it looks like you have a subroutine that goes through all folders to look for a match – and when found you escape from the sub and present the result to the user. Could you present the result to the user while you are still inside the subroutine, and give the user three choices instead of the current two: (a) jump to this found folder, (b) keep looking or (c) quit. Or are there problems in Office Basic that make this more complicated?
By: Steve Rothman on November 27, 2012
at 4:50 pm
hi there, it can be done just need to get time to do it…glad you like the app
By: TheTechieGuy on November 27, 2012
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You needed it the techieguy made it! Great tool. Continue.
By: Saladin KADA on August 16, 2012
at 7:11 am
great tool – saved me a ton of time. I am always losing folders. Also cut down scrolling through all my folders.
By: D. Ertz on November 29, 2012
at 11:55 pm
thanks. worked very well
By: Brian on December 27, 2012
at 9:49 pm
Works like a charm. Nice one.
By: Roland on January 14, 2013
at 1:39 pm
Many thanks.
It works smooth and provides with functionality you promised.
You should sell it to Microsoft
By: Norbert on February 15, 2013
at 4:14 pm
Thanks for a really useful tool – used it to find a lost folder. It’s now part of my Outlook toolkit
By: Mike on February 15, 2013
at 8:08 pm
TERRIFIC. THANKS! Amazing clarity in your instructions. Terrific.
By: Jeff Basch on February 27, 2013
at 7:02 pm