Favorite Folders Enhanced

[Nigel Freeney]

Favorite folders stops just short of being really useful for me.

I have hundreds of folders and sub-folders and so I can only list the major
favorite folders and this often means I have to go to the main navigation
pane below and do tons of scrolling.

What would be really useful is if I double clicked on a favorite folder the
focus moved to that folder in the main navigation below which scrolled up to
the top of the pane automatically so I was where I need to be. This would
vastly reduce the ammount of repettitive scrolling I do.

Also the favorite folders information appears to be stored in a file called
outlook.xml in the c:\users\<username>\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook.

Why can't this be simply exported so that if you have to rebuild your
installation or the file is corrupted or lost you can import the favorite
folders list back in?

Thanks,

Nigel

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

No, the fav list can't be exported for backup. You can copy it and restore
it if necessary - but it doesn't always work.

FWIW, this is why we don't recommend using a lot of folders and subfolders.
Use a few folders to sort at a high level and views and search for more
granular viewing of the contents. Search folder is an option also, but if
you make hundreds you'll have the same problem you do now.

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[Nigel Freeney]

Hi Diane,

This was a feature suggestion that that I would like to see in a future
development of Outlook. For all the new features that might appear in Outlook
2010 this would actually improve productivity and workflow.

If this is not the right place for feedback than where would be a better
place?

Thanks,

Nigel

No, the fav list can't be exported for backup. You can copy it and restore
it if necessary - but it doesn't always work.

FWIW, this is why we don't recommend using a lot of folders and subfolders.
Use a few folders to sort at a high level and views and search for more
granular viewing of the contents. Search folder is an option also, but if
you make hundreds you'll have the same problem you do now.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Favorite folders stops just short of being really useful for me.

I have hundreds of folders and sub-folders and so I can only list the
major
favorite folders and this often means I have to go to the main navigation
pane below and do tons of scrolling.

What would be really useful is if I double clicked on a favorite folder
the
focus moved to that folder in the main navigation below which scrolled up
to
the top of the pane automatically so I was where I need to be. This would
vastly reduce the ammount of repettitive scrolling I do.

Also the favorite folders information appears to be stored in a file
called
outlook.xml in the c:\users\<username>\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook.

Why can't this be simply exported so that if you have to rebuild your
installation or the file is corrupted or lost you can import the favorite
folders list back in?

Thanks,

Nigel

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

You can do suggestions here - if you use the online forum and choose
suggestion, it should be marked as a suggestion and others can vote for it.
It's too late for Outlook 2010 though.

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Hi Diane,

This was a feature suggestion that that I would like to see in a future
development of Outlook. For all the new features that might appear in
Outlook
2010 this would actually improve productivity and workflow.

If this is not the right place for feedback than where would be a better
place?

Thanks,

Nigel

No, the fav list can't be exported for backup. You can copy it and
restore
it if necessary - but it doesn't always work.

FWIW, this is why we don't recommend using a lot of folders and
subfolders.
Use a few folders to sort at a high level and views and search for more
granular viewing of the contents. Search folder is an option also, but
if
you make hundreds you'll have the same problem you do now.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Favorite folders stops just short of being really useful for me.

I have hundreds of folders and sub-folders and so I can only list the
major
favorite folders and this often means I have to go to the main
navigation
pane below and do tons of scrolling.

What would be really useful is if I double clicked on a favorite folder
the
focus moved to that folder in the main navigation below which scrolled
up
to
the top of the pane automatically so I was where I need to be. This
would
vastly reduce the ammount of repettitive scrolling I do.

Also the favorite folders information appears to be stored in a file
called
outlook.xml in the
c:\users\<username>\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook.

Why can't this be simply exported so that if you have to rebuild your
installation or the file is corrupted or lost you can import the
favorite
folders list back in?

Thanks,

Nigel

 

[Nigel Freeney]

Pity ;-)

Thanks for the info

Nigel

You can do suggestions here - if you use the online forum and choose
suggestion, it should be marked as a suggestion and others can vote for it.
It's too late for Outlook 2010 though.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Hi Diane,

This was a feature suggestion that that I would like to see in a future
development of Outlook. For all the new features that might appear in
Outlook
2010 this would actually improve productivity and workflow.

If this is not the right place for feedback than where would be a better
place?

Thanks,

Nigel

No, the fav list can't be exported for backup. You can copy it and
restore
it if necessary - but it doesn't always work.

FWIW, this is why we don't recommend using a lot of folders and
subfolders.
Use a few folders to sort at a high level and views and search for more
granular viewing of the contents. Search folder is an option also, but
if
you make hundreds you'll have the same problem you do now.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Favorite folders stops just short of being really useful for me.

I have hundreds of folders and sub-folders and so I can only list the
major
favorite folders and this often means I have to go to the main
navigation
pane below and do tons of scrolling.

What would be really useful is if I double clicked on a favorite folder
the
focus moved to that folder in the main navigation below which scrolled
up
to
the top of the pane automatically so I was where I need to be. This
would
vastly reduce the ammount of repettitive scrolling I do.

Also the favorite folders information appears to be stored in a file
called
outlook.xml in the
c:\users\<username>\appdata\roaming\microsoft\outlook.

Why can't this be simply exported so that if you have to rebuild your
installation or the file is corrupted or lost you can import the
favorite
folders list back in?

Thanks,

Nigel