Backing up all Quick Steps at once

To create a backup of your Quick Steps, use the following steps.

1. Open MFCMAPI.
2. Accept any dialog prompts to get to the main window of MFCMAPI.
3. Choose: Session-> Logon…

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4. Select the mail profile for which you want to backup its Quick Steps. If you are
unfamiliar with this dialog, simply press OK.
5. In the top-part of MFCMAPI you should now see all your configured mailboxes and
connected pst-files. Double click on the the mailbox for which you want to backup the
Quick Steps.
6. In the Navigation Pane on the left, expand the folder list called “Root – Mailbox” or “Root
Container”.
7. Expand the folder list called “Top Information Store”, “IPM_SUBTREE” or “Top of
Outlook data file”.
8. You should now see a folder called: Quick Step Settings. Right click on it and choose:
Export folder-> As MSG files…
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9. Enable both “Save associated items” and “Save as Unicode MSG”.
10. Press OK.
11. Use the Browse For Folder dialog to select a location to store your Quick Steps to. As
each Quick Step will be stored as an individual msg-file, it might be wise to create a new
folder for it.
12. Click OK to start the Export process.
13. Close all open dialogs to close MFCMAPI or repeat steps 5 to 12 for any other mailbox
that you have configured in Outlook and wish to backup the Quick Steps for.
Backup only specific Quick Steps
If you want to only backup a few or a specific Quick Step (perhaps so that a colleague
can import it), you can use the following steps:

1. Follow step 1-7 of the backup process mentioned above.

2. You should now see a folder called: Quick Step Settings. Right click on it and choose:
Open associated contents table.
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3. In the new dialog that opens up, you’ll see a list of messages which represent your
Quick Steps.
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To find out which message belongs to which Quick Step, select a message and look at
the PR_ROAMING_XMLSTREAM property. You can double click on this property to
see the name of the Quick Step in the Text section.
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4. To backup a that single Quick Step, right click on its message and choose: Export
message…
5. From the “Format to save” dropdown list select “MSG file (UNICODE)” and click OK.
6. Select the folder where you want to save the message. You are free to rename the file
to for instance: QuickSteps-newsletters.msg
7. In the CopyTo dialog to set the Interface and Flags, simply press OK.
8. In the Tags to Exclude dialog, simply press OK as well.
9. Close all open dialogs to close MFCMAPI or repeat steps 3 to 8 for any other Quick
Step you wish to backup.
Restoring Quick Steps
To restore your saved Quick Steps, use the following steps.

1. Follow steps 1 to 7 of the backup process mentioned above.

2. You should now see a folder called: Quick Step Settings. Right click on it and choose:
Open associated contents table.
3. From the menu bar select: Folder-> Import-> From MSG…
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4. Browse to and select your saved Quick Step file and press Open.
 Note: You can also select multiple files at once or select all the items in the folder via CTRL+A.
5. Verify that the “Load style” dropdown list is set to: Load message into current folder.
6. Press OK.
7. Close all open dialogs to close MFCMAPI or repeat steps 1 to 6 for any other mailbox
that you have configured in Outlook and wish to restore the Quick Steps for.
Note: For Quick Steps that have a move/copy to folder action, you may need to reassign the
folder in your Quick Step configuration in Outlook for it to work again.