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These articles are in the Developer and Code Sample categories. These pages often contain only the code, with very little instructions and assume the reader has some VBA knowledge. See How to use the VBA Editor if you need help using VBA.

Additional code samples are at VBA Code Samples

Developer Samples was last modified: February 8th, 2018 by Slipstick
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Export (Save) Outlook Contact Photos

Use VBA to export a photo from a contact and save it to the hard drive. Use a second macro to add the photo to a new contact.

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Use PowerShell or VBA to get Outlook folder creation date

Use PowerShell or VBA to get the creation date of a folder in Outlook desktop software.

Resend message command

Macro to Resend Sent Message

How to use a macro to resend a sent message in Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016.

Working with All Items in a Folder or Selected Items

These samples contains the basic code for working with all items in a selected folder or selected items in a folder.

Use VBA to Create a List of Exchange GAL Members

Use an Outlook macro to create a list of users in the Exchange Global Address List or a list of member of a distribution group in the GAL.

Remove [External] from Message Subject

A user wanted to know how to remove [External] from the subject of incoming messages. My company recently instituted the policy that puts the [EXTERNAL] tag in every subject when an email is received from outside the organization. When it's only one email, it's not really an issue. However, when it turns into a thread  

Create a list of uncompleted tasks

These macros create a list of incomplete tasks or flagged messages not marked completed. The first macro uses a filter to create a list of Tasks not marked complete and works only with the Tasks folder. The second macro checks every item in the select folder for flagged items and lists the items not marked  

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Rename Outlook Attachments

This macro allows you to rename attachments on incoming or outgoing messages.

Enable Contacts as Address Book using VBA

A user with way too many contact folders created a new profile and none of the contact folders were listed in the Address Book menu. With more than 200 contacts folders, it would take several hours to enable each folder manually. I had a macro that needed just a little tweaking to set the folders  

How to use Windows File Paths in a Macro

How to choose the file path when you save an Outlook attachment or a message using a VBA macro.

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Format Images in Outlook Email

This variation of the Resize Images in Email macro puts a border and shadow around all images in the message you are composing.

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Set Outlook Online or Offline using VBScript or PowerShell

How to use PowerShell, VbScript or VBA to set Outlook to work offline.

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Open Hyperlinks in an Outlook Email Message

Use an Outlook macro to open every hyperlink in the selected email message. A version of the macro will open hyperlinks in every message in the selected folder.

Use a macro to move Sent Items

Use a VBA macro in Outlook to move IMAP sent items to the Sent items folder on the IMAP server.

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Add Contact Information to a Task

Use a macro to add contact information to a task or appointment body.

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