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How to save individual Outlook 2010 messages in Windows Explorer

How do you save an Outlook 2010 message in Windows Explorer? I want to save the .msg to a folder of my choosing for each message. In Windows 7 you must click and open too many directories and folders before reaching the desired sub folder. Is there a way to set a "default" folder, (Not a pst folder) where Outlook 2010 will start when ready to save? In XP it would go to the last folder to which you saved the previous message. Thank you.

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Thanks jcimarron. The "Move" or Quick Steps can save or move the message within Outlook and the Outlook folders in the left pane. I appreciate the suggestion. I am trying to save the message to Windows "Exploder" though because of size limitations on my network. When saving a message in XP you could assign a default directory and work down from there. My Windows 7 workaround is to drag the main directory folder to the "Library". When performing a "Save As" (Unicode .msg), Outlook 2010 in Win 7 opens the library folder section up first. This helps but isn't perfect. Thank you for the response.

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