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I have in Outlook quite a bit and I would like to save the changes in case I need to reinstall. How can I backup the QAT and can I also copy these to my laptop? Outlook 2007 doesn’t offer an option to export and import your Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) settings. However, the customizations are stored in multiple qat-files in the following folder;.
Create an Outlook template by composing a new email message with the text you want, and then using File -> Save As to save the message as an Outlook For previous versions of Windows, right-click the taskbar, choose Toolbars -> New Toolbar, and pick the folder that you saved the templates into.
Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista C: Users%username% AppData Local Microsoft Office. Windows XP C: Documents and Settings%username% Local Settings Application Data Microsoft Office Note: Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016 stores the QAT-settings in the same folders but stores them in which also contains Ribbon customizations. Note: The mentioned folder location is hidden by default. You can copy and paste the above location in the Address Bar of File Explorer to open it or configure Windows to show hidden files and folders; Control Panel- Folder Options- tab View Migrating QAT settings to a different computer You should be able to migrate these files between computers by simply copying the files from one computer to the other. Any command that you have placed in the QAT which isn’t available on the other computer (such as a function of an add-in or custom VBA code) will be removed automatically. Overview of qat-files for Outlook 2007 There are up to 19 qat-files possible for Outlook 2007. If you haven’t modified the QAT for the corresponding item window, there won’t be a qat-file for it either.
Below you’ll find an overview of the qat files and their corresponding item window.