How to Move Email to My Documents Folder in Office 2007
You can move email messages saved in your Office Outlook 2007 folder to the "My Documents" folder on your computer. All email messages are saved as personal folder files, with a ".pst" extension. This is Outlook's backup storage folder. To move email messages, all you need to do is move the location of the ".pst" files to the "My Documents" folder.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Right click the "Personal Folders" file listed under "Mail" in Outlook 2007. Select "Properties for Personal Folders." A new window will open.
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Click the "Advanced" button. In the "File Name" box you will see listed the location of the ".pst" file. Write it down on a piece of paper.
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Close Outlook and open Windows "Control Panel." You can access this through the "Start" button in the bottom left corner of your display screen.
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Select "User Accounts" and then select "Mail."
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Select "Show Profiles" and pick the file location of the ".pst" file. Type the exact same file name of the location you wrote down.
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Click "Properties" and then "Data Files." You will need to select the ".pst" file from the list. Click "Settings" once the file is selected and then "OK."
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Select "My Documents" as the new file location for email messages. Click "Open" then "OK" twice to move email messages to the "My Documents" folder.
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