Powershell and Outlook Issues

Question

So my ultimate goal is to export emails after a specific length of time as a .msg and then upload them to sharepoint for archival purposes.
My issue is all the examples I find never seem to work for me. I use PowerGUI for my ISE, I have powershell 2.0 and Outlook 2007 SP3
So for example, when I try something very simple according to the scripting guy
Reference, I try this line of code:
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialname("Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook") | out-null
[enum]::GetNames("Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlDefaultFolders")
This should list the enums used to point to the different folders in outlook....here are some of them:
olFolderDeletedItems
olFolderOutbox
olFolderSentMail
olFolderInbox
olFolderCalendar
olFolderContacts
olFolderJournal
When I run it, either PowerGUI or straight in the console I receive the following error:
Cannot convert argument "0", with value: "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlDefaultFolders", for "GetNames" to type "System.Type": "Cannot convert the "Microsoft.
Office.Interop.Outlook.OlDefaultFolders" value of type "System.String" to type "System.Type"."
At C:\Users\clayman\AppData\Local\Temp\ceb3eca9-5cf1-4dd2-92aa-c2c29d3ca438.ps1:2 char:17
+ [Enum]::GetNames <<<< ("Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlDefaultFolders")
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodArgumentConversionInvalidCastArgument
Truth be told, no matter what sample I try they all fail, for instance try and run this function (yet another scripting guy article)
Function Get-OutlookInBox
Add-type -assembly "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook" | out-null
$olFolders = "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.olDefaultFolders" -as [type]
$outlook = new-object -comobject outlook.application
$namespace = $outlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
$folder = $namespace.getDefaultFolder($olFolders::olFolderInBox)
$folder.items |
Select-Object -Property Subject, ReceivedTime, Importance, SenderName
And this one fails with:
Add-Type : Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c' or one of its dep
endencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
At C:\Users\clayman\AppData\Local\Temp\51f81593-6a0f-4261-9888-5499432508e7.ps1:3 char:10
+ Add-Type <<<< -AssemblyName "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook" | Out-Null
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Add-Type], FileNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileNotFoundException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddTypeCommand
Exception calling "GetDefaultFolder" with "1" argument(s): "Value does not fall within the expected range."
At C:\Users\clayman\AppData\Local\Temp\51f81593-6a0f-4261-9888-5499432508e7.ps1:8 char:39
+ $folder = $nameSpace.getDefaultFolder <<<< ($olFolders)
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation
If I change:
Add-Type -AssemblyName "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook" | Out-Null
To:
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook") | Out-Null
The first error goes away, but the second one remains. What the heck am I doing wrong?
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Answer 1

Hi,
How about change
$folder = $namespace.getDefaultFolder($olFolders::olFolderInBox)
to
$folder = $namespace.getDefaultFolder($olFolders.olFolderInBox)
Please test it.
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