Step 4 - Saving Outlook Search Results

Messages are selected to be saved by placing a green tick in the box next to the message:

An individual message is selected to be saved by placing a tick in the box next to the message.

A group of message is selected to be saved by selecting a message with the mouse, holding the SHIFT key down, selecting a message further down the list, and the pressing the SPACE BAR to place a tick in the box next to each message.

This also works for non consecutive groups of messages by holding down the CRTL key.

To select a folder of message place a tick next to that folder and all messages inside that folder will be ticked and selected.

Message attachments will automatically be saved with the message. Learn more here.

The default saving option is to save to Outlook PST format. Clicking on the "Save Message(s) as PST" drop down arrow also gives the alternatives to:

To save selected messages to a new Microsoft Outlook .pst file press the "Save Messages(s) as PST" button in the main tool bar (you must activate Recover My Email in order to save messages).

When saving to PST file on a machine that has Microsoft Outlook 2002 installed, you may be prompted with the following message. Click "OK" to continue:

In the next screen, enter the name of the PST file to create and hold your recovered data, then click "Open":

In the following screen, click "OK" to continue.

The PST file should then be created and the recovered messages written to the file.

Note: These additional screens a due to a limitation in Office 2002. You can avoid these extra steps by updating to Microsoft Office Outlook 220 Service Pack 3.

Outlook or the equivalent MAPI (Microsoft Application Programing Interface) must be installed on the PC in order to save in PST format.
If Outlook or equivalent MAPI is not installed, please save to EML.

To save selected messages as individual .msg files, select the drop down arrow next to the "Save Messages(s) as PST" button and select "Save Messages(s) as MSG".

Outlook or the equivalent MAPI (Microsoft Application Programing Interface) must be installed on the PC in order to save in MSG format.
If Outlook or equivalent MAPI is not installed, please save to MSG.

To save selected messages as individual .eml files, select the drop down arrow next to the "Save Messages(s) as PST" button and select "Save Message(s) as EML".