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Andrew - 14 Feb 2008 11:55 GMT

I thought I was competent in using outlook until someone posed this question.
He has created many tiers of folders to organise his email, but now has the
problem that he can't find a folder. I can't find a folder either, I have
looked everywhere and can find mail in a folders what I can't do is find the
folder.

Can anyone help and advise on how to locate an Outlook folder when you don't
know it's hierarchy.

Thks

Andrew

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Mary - 14 Feb 2008 21:30 GMT

Is he using Folder List View in the Navigation Pane? Should be easy to see
the whole list. He must actually be in Outlook to view any folder.

> I thought I was competent in using outlook until someone posed this question.
> He has created many tiers of folders to organise his email, but now has the
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> Andrew

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Andrew - 15 Feb 2008 15:26 GMT

Mary,
Perhaps I wasn't clear. How do I find a folder without manually going
through every folder. To find email I can use the search or advanced find
features. This will tell me what folder an email is in. If I want to find a
folder there doesn't appear to be a similar feature.

> Is he using Folder List View in the Navigation Pane? Should be easy to see
> the whole list. He must actually be in Outlook to view any folder.
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> > Andrew

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Brian Tillman - 15 Feb 2008 16:29 GMT

> Perhaps I wasn't clear. How do I find a folder without manually going
> through every folder. To find email I can use the search or advanced
> find features. This will tell me what folder an email is in. If I
> want to find a folder there doesn't appear to be a similar feature.

I don't believe it's possible to search for a folder without writing code.
Here's an example: http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=492

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Darryl_Gittins - 27 May 2008 21:39 GMT

I have the same problem. I get a lot of mail, and I keep it in a lot of folders. The folders are in different PST files. Windows Desktop Search (WDS or Windows Search in Outlook 2007) does a great job of finding mail. However, after I use it to find an email, there's apparently no way to go to the containing folder. That is, I still have to manually search for the folder that contains the mail. Is there a trick I can use to find the folder that contains the mail that is found by Windows Desktop Search?

Thanks for reading this!!

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