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Renderhaus
Copper Contributor
May 13, 2024

Looking to transition from Outlook 2007, BUT...

I've been stubbornly holding out with Outlook 2007 all these years for one simple feature that Microsoft seems to have completely left out of each of these newer versions.  I've tried desperately to ...
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RobertSparnaaij
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May 13, 2024

Renderhaus 

That feature has never left any Outlook release. Dragging and dropping emails out of Outlook into a File Explorer folder will create a standalone msg-file.

 

So you can choose between a perpetual license of Outlook 2021 (supported until October 13, 2026) or wait for Outlook 2024 to be released later this year (likely to be supported until October 2029) or go for a Microsoft 365 subscription (supported until you end the subscription). 

 

Note that in New Outlook, this feature (like many others) has not yet been implemented but this version also isn't considered "Enterprise ready" yet.

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    Renderhaus
    Copper Contributor
    May 13, 2024

    RobertSparnaaij 

     

    Thanks Robert. Okay, so that's why it wouldn't work when I tried it just earlier today using the newest Outlook.  

     

    Encouraging news about 2021 & 2024.  I wasn't even aware that perpetual licenses were still being sold for Microsoft products.  At about this time last year I had a long talk with a Microsoft agent about this very feature, because I was flatly unable to do it with Outlook via a free trial of the Office 365 subscription.  Drag & drop simply would not work to a hard-drive folder.  

     

     

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