The complicated process was necessitated because creating a certificate using SelfCert.exeputs the certificate in the wrong place and so the application doesn't see it. This is no doubt due to tighter security imposed by Windows 10, as it was not ever thus.

The way to address this was found by research and the web page made as other explanations were even more tortuous to follow.

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Graham Mayor - MS MVP (Word) (2002-2019)
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Hi gmayor,

Well, I finally got around to giving it a try and it works!!! Boy, my VBA skills are VERY RUSTY. Initially I couldn't even get the VBA editor to appear but finally figured it out. Then I imported the form and I thought the code would come with it but then realized I had to copy and paste it from your post into a new module. I did take a look at the Macro security level but did not make any changes and it was set to: Notifications for digitally signed macros, all other macros disabled. I went ahead and ran it and aimed it at a mail folder but nothing happened. Then I realized that folder was the overall e-mail folder but there were no e-mails in that folder only other folders. So I tried it again but selected a folder with e-mails and sure enough a progress bar came up counting the number of e-mails being saved. Once done I looked at the target save folder and there were all the individual e-mails with their file name having the date, time and subject. NEAT!!!! THANKS. Then I figured out how to save it and how to set up the macro on the main HOME ribbon so its easy to access.

One more request, but ONLY if its a simple change! Is there a way to aim the macro at the main e-mail folder, i.e. xxx@gmail.com and then have it find the folders under that main folder and then save all the e-mails in the each of the folders within a directory folder under the main folder. For example if I had under that gmail folder two folders named Save and Travel and the target save folder was Mail-backup. Then two directory folders would be created under Mail-backup named Save and Travel and the e-mails under the respective e-mail folders would be saved in the directory folders. This is essentially how Win Live Mail and the old Outlook Express saved batches of e-mails.

AGAIN, I appreciate your work and the macro as now is very good and I'll be using it all the time.

Thanks again,
Gerry