>i did a search and found what i was looking for once i saw your 'add' since- my previous search 'create' turned up nothing. It's all in a word. This works very well now -- thanks for the help naomi - k
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>Local oOutlook,oNameSpace,oNewFolder
>oOutlook=CREATEOBJECT('outlook.application')
>oNameSpace=oOutlook.GetNamespace('mapi')
>oNewFolder=oNameSpace.Folders(2).Folders.Add('myNewFolder')  && This will create a folder in the Personal folders' directory of Outlook. 
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>http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=3894
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You're welcome.