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I have about 80 emails, all with attachments which I would like to save to a folder on my hard drive.
How this can be done with a script?

Answer 1

This subroutine will save all attachments found in a user specified Outlook folder to a user specified directory on the file system. It also updates each message with a link to the purged files.
It also contains extra comments to help highlight how the .Delete method will shrink Attachment containers dynamically (search for "~~" in the comments).
This macro is only tested on Outlook 2010.
' ------------------------------------------------------------
' Requires the following references:
'
' Visual Basic for Applications
' Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Object Library
' OLE Automation
' Microsoft Office 14.0 Object Library
' Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation
' ------------------------------------------------------------
Public Sub SaveOLFolderAttachments()
' Ask the user to select a file system folder for saving the attachments
Dim oShell As Object
Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Dim fsSaveFolder As Object
Set fsSaveFolder = oShell.BrowseForFolder(0, "Please Select a Save Folder:", 1)
If fsSaveFolder Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
' Note: BrowseForFolder doesn't add a trailing slash
' Ask the user to select an Outlook folder to process
Dim olPurgeFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Set olPurgeFolder = Outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI").PickFolder
If olPurgeFolder Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
' Iteration variables
Dim msg As Outlook.MailItem
Dim att As Outlook.attachment
Dim sSavePathFS As String
Dim sDelAtts
For Each msg In olPurgeFolder.Items
sDelAtts = ""
' We check each msg for attachments as opposed to using .Restrict("[Attachment] > 0")
' on our olPurgeFolder.Items collection. The collection returned by the Restrict method
' will be dynamically updated each time we remove an attachment. Each update will
' reindex the collection. As a result, it does not provide a reliable means for iteration.
' This is why the For Each loops will not work.
If msg.Attachments.Count > 0 Then
' This While loop is controlled via the .Delete method
' which will decrement msg.Attachments.Count by one each time.
While msg.Attachments.Count > 0
' Save the file
sSavePathFS = fsSaveFolder.Self.Path & "\" & msg.Attachments(1).FileName
msg.Attachments(1).SaveAsFile sSavePathFS
' Build up a string to denote the file system save path(s)
' Format the string according to the msg.BodyFormat.
If msg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
sDelAtts = sDelAtts & vbCrLf & "<file://" & sSavePathFS & ">"
Else
sDelAtts = sDelAtts & "<br>" & "<a href='file://" & sSavePathFS & "'>" & sSavePathFS & "</a>"
End If
' Delete the current attachment. We use a "1" here instead of an "i"
' because the .Delete method will shrink the size of the msg.Attachments
' collection for us. Use some well placed Debug.Print statements to see
' the behavior.
msg.Attachments(1).Delete
Wend
' Modify the body of the msg to show the file system location of
' the deleted attachments.
If msg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
msg.Body = msg.Body & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Attachments Deleted: " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Saved To: " & vbCrLf & sDelAtts
Else
msg.HTMLBody = msg.HTMLBody & "<p></p><p>" & "Attachments Deleted: " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Saved To: " & vbCrLf & sDelAtts & "</p>"
End If
' Save the edits to the msg. If you forget this line, the attachments will not be deleted.
msg.Save
End If
Next
End Sub

Answer 2

Take a look here: Save and remove attachments from email items (VBA)
Sub SaveAttachment()
'Declaration
Dim myItems, myItem, myAttachments, myAttachment As Object
Dim myOrt As String
Dim myOlApp As New Outlook.Application
Dim myOlExp As Outlook.Explorer
Dim myOlSel As Outlook.Selection
'Ask for destination folder
myOrt = InputBox("Destination", "Save Attachments", "C:\")
On Error Resume Next
'work on selected items
Set myOlExp = myOlApp.ActiveExplorer
Set myOlSel = myOlExp.Selection
'for all items do...
For Each myItem In myOlSel
'point on attachments
Set myAttachments = myItem.Attachments
'if there are some...
If myAttachments.Count > 0 Then
'add remark to message text
myItem.Body = myItem.Body & vbCrLf & _
"Removed Attachments:" & vbCrLf
'for all attachments do...
For i = 1 To myAttachments.Count
'save them to destination
myAttachments(i).SaveAsFile myOrt & _
myAttachments(i).DisplayName
'add name and destination to message text
myItem.Body = myItem.Body & _
"File: " & myOrt & _
myAttachments(i).DisplayName & vbCrLf
Next i
'for all attachments do...
While myAttachments.Count > 0
'remove it (use this method in Outlook XP)
'myAttachments.Remove 1
'remove it (use this method in Outlook 2000)
myAttachments(1).Delete
Wend
'save item without attachments
myItem.Save
End If
Next
'free variables
Set myItems = Nothing
Set myItem = Nothing
Set myAttachments = Nothing
Set myAttachment = Nothing
Set myOlApp = Nothing
Set myOlExp = Nothing
Set myOlSel = Nothing
End Sub