How to block moving of personal folders under Outlook 2007

[David K]

Hi All -

I have users that inadvertently move our email folders under 'Personal
Folders' into other folders. Our applications then cannot find the
information they need and choke. I would like to block the moving of
folders within Outlook 2007 'Personal Folders'. One cannot move
"Special folders" (e.g., Inbox, Drafts) according to the error box,
which is what I want for my/our own email folders.

Is there a property that I can apply to my email folders to prevent
moving; (how) can I assign them 'Special folder' status to effectively
do the same?

I have looked widely for a solution on the web with no luck. I do have
access to OutlookSpy.

Again Outlook 2007 (12.0.6300.5000)

Thanks
David

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Take a look at the Folder.BeforeFolderMove event, which is new to Outlook 2007. It's cancellable and thus can be used to prevent a folder from being moved.

 

[David K]

Take a look at the Folder.BeforeFolderMove event, which is new to Outlook 2007. It's cancellable and thus can be used to prevent a folder from being moved.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

Hi Sue -

Thanks for the response. How do I access the Folder.BeforeFolderMove
event? I am not a developer so I don't have the code in front of me.
Can I access it through OutlookSpy, or another utility?

David

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

BeforeFolderMove is an event, not a property. You would need to build an add-in that instantiates the Folder object you want to protect and then subscribe to its BeforeFolderMove event and write code for that event to cancel it if it occurs under conditions where you do not want the move to take place. The details would, of course, depend on what programming language and add-in platform you're using.