Get-OutlookFolder.ps1
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function Get-OutlookFolder { <# .SYNOPSIS OutlookConnector function: Returns array of Outlook folders from current Outlook session. .DESCRIPTION Function returns array of Outlook first level folders, or all folders from current Outlook session. Function is returning all properties from a folder for further processing via filtering. Run Get-OutlookFolder | Get-Member for a list of properties. Output can be piped to Export-OutlookFolder to save all messages to disk in MSG format, which is functionality not provided in Outlook application. Type Get-Help Get-OutlookFolder -Examples for more usage examples. .EXAMPLE Get-OutlookFolder | Select Name List names of all first level folders in current Outlook session. .EXAMPLE (Get-OutlookFolder -Recurse).FullFolderPath | Sort Lists FullFolderPath for all folders in current Outlook session. .EXAMPLE Get-OutlookFolder -Recurse | Select Name,FullFolderPath,@{Name = "Count"; Expression = {$_.Items.Count}} | ? Count -gt 0 | Sort Count -Descending | Out-GridView Lists all Outlook folders with more than zero messages and displays it in Grid View. .PARAMETER Outlook Optional parameter that specifies Outlook session from whch it will obtain needed data. If omitted, function will connect automatically using Connect-Outlook function. .PARAMETER Recurse Optional parameter that specifies to list all folders, and not just first level. In most of the cases, you would need to specify this parameter. .PARAMETER Progress If current Outlook session is connected online to remote Exchange server, querying all folders might take a minute. You may display standard progress bar while obtaining that list. .PARAMETER MainOnly Specifies not to list any additional folders, except main mailbox. Main mailbox is determined by default Inbox folder. Can be combined with Recurse switch. .OUTPUTS Function returns array of Outlook folder objects. Output can be filtered and piped to Export-OutlookFolder. Outlook can contain also other containers, like Calendar, connected and Archive mailboxes, etc. Best practice is to run first command without -Recurse to see structure of returned data. .LINK about_OutlookConnector .NOTES NAME: Get-OutlookFolder AUTHOR: Igor Iric, iric@gmail.com CREATEDATE: September 29, 2015 #> # ---------------------- [Parameters definitions] ------------------------ [CmdletBinding()] Param( [parameter(Mandatory=$false,ValueFromPipeline=$false)]$Outlook = (Connect-Outlook), [switch]$Recurse, [switch]$Progress, [switch]$MainOnly ) #end param # ------------------------- [Function start] ----------------------------- Write-Verbose -Message 'Get-OutlookFolder starting' try { $Folders = @($Outlook.Folders | ForEach-Object {$_}) # Converting Collection to Array Write-Verbose -Message (' Added '+(@($Folders).Count)+' base folders') } catch { throw 'Folders list not obtained' } if ($MainOnly) { Write-verbose -Message ' Filtering out folders not in main mailbox.' try { $olFolders = "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.olDefaultFolders" -as [type] $InboxDef = $Outlook.GetDefaultFolder($olFolders::olFolderInBox) $InboxPath = (($InboxDef.FullFolderPath) -split '\\' | Where-Object {$_})[0] } catch { throw 'Main mailbox could not be identified.' } $Folders = @($Folders | Where-Object FullFolderPath -Match $InboxPath) Write-Verbose -Message (' Remaining '+(@($Folders).Count)+' base folders.') } if (!$Folders) {throw 'Folders list not obtained'} # recursivly add subfolders if ($Recurse) { $i = 0 while ($i -lt (@($Folders).Count)) { if ($Progress) {Write-Progress -Activity ('Folder: '+($Folders[$i]).FullFolderPath) -PercentComplete ($i/($Folders.count)*100)} $Subfolders = $Folders[$i].Folders if ($Subfolders -and ((@($Subfolders).Count) -gt 0)) { $Folders += ($Subfolders | ForEach-Object {$_}) Write-Verbose -Message (' Added '+(@($Subfolders).Count)+' folders from '+($Folders[$i]).Name) } $i++ } } # end of recursive search if ($Progress) {Write-Progress -Activity ' ' -Completed} # return value $Folders Write-Verbose -Message 'Get-OutlookFolder finished' # ------------------------- [End of function] ---------------------------- } |