When I try to drag a message from my Outlook Inbox to another mail folder, I
can drag it to most folders but not all. When I try to drag it to some
folders, a symbol appears (international road sign circle-with-slash across
it) blocking it. I can't see any pattern to this. Can anyone comment on how
to fix?

This has happened only on my new PC where I am running Outlook 2003 under
Windows Vista. Never had this trouble before.

Tom Baker

I see this on Vista as well. I don't know if Vista has anything to do with
it actually, but I've never seen it on XP.

Basically waiting a few seconds and trying again allows me to make the drag
'n drop.



"Thomas Baker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:9CA5CA9A-98C8-4C2C-963C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> When I try to drag a message from my Outlook Inbox to another mail folder,
> I
> can drag it to most folders but not all. When I try to drag it to some
> folders, a symbol appears (international road sign circle-with-slash
> across
> it) blocking it. I can't see any pattern to this. Can anyone comment on
> how
> to fix?
>
> This has happened only on my new PC where I am running Outlook 2003 under
> Windows Vista. Never had this trouble before.
>
> Tom Baker

The "waiting a few seconds" isn't working on my machine. It's an annoying
bug. But thanks for the response.

"William Lefkovics [MVP]" wrote:

> I see this on Vista as well. I don't know if Vista has anything to do with
> it actually, but I've never seen it on XP.
>
> Basically waiting a few seconds and trying again allows me to make the drag
> 'n drop.
>
>
>
> "Thomas Baker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:9CA5CA9A-98C8-4C2C-963C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > When I try to drag a message from my Outlook Inbox to another mail folder,
> > I
> > can drag it to most folders but not all. When I try to drag it to some
> > folders, a symbol appears (international road sign circle-with-slash
> > across
> > it) blocking it. I can't see any pattern to this. Can anyone comment on
> > how
> > to fix?
> >
> > This has happened only on my new PC where I am running Outlook 2003 under
> > Windows Vista. Never had this trouble before.
> >
> > Tom Baker
>
>

Here's another clue. The mail folders that I can't drag mail into are also
appearing in the "contacts", "calendars" and "tasks" panes, but as mail
folders. I'm totaly confused.

I have run scanpst.exe on the file but nothing changed.

Tom Baker



"Thomas Baker" wrote:

> The "waiting a few seconds" isn't working on my machine. It's an annoying
> bug. But thanks for the response.
>
> "William Lefkovics [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > I see this on Vista as well. I don't know if Vista has anything to do with
> > it actually, but I've never seen it on XP.
> >
> > Basically waiting a few seconds and trying again allows me to make the drag
> > 'n drop.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Thomas Baker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:9CA5CA9A-98C8-4C2C-963C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > When I try to drag a message from my Outlook Inbox to another mail folder,
> > > I
> > > can drag it to most folders but not all. When I try to drag it to some
> > > folders, a symbol appears (international road sign circle-with-slash
> > > across
> > > it) blocking it. I can't see any pattern to this. Can anyone comment on
> > > how
> > > to fix?
> > >
> > > This has happened only on my new PC where I am running Outlook 2003 under
> > > Windows Vista. Never had this trouble before.
> > >
> > > Tom Baker
> >
> >

Try running Outlook one time with the /resetnavpane switch to see if it sorts your folders out.

Or you could just try a new mail profile to see if something is bollixed up in your current profile.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
How to ask a question:
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


After furious head scratching, Thomas Baker asked:

| Here's another clue. The mail folders that I can't drag mail into are
| also appearing in the "contacts", "calendars" and "tasks" panes, but
| as mail folders. I'm totaly confused.
|
| I have run scanpst.exe on the file but nothing changed.
|
| Tom Baker
|
|
|
| "Thomas Baker" wrote:
|
|| The "waiting a few seconds" isn't working on my machine. It's an
|| annoying bug. But thanks for the response.
||
|| "William Lefkovics [MVP]" wrote:
||
||| I see this on Vista as well. I don't know if Vista has anything to
||| do with it actually, but I've never seen it on XP.
|||
||| Basically waiting a few seconds and trying again allows me to make
||| the drag 'n drop.
|||
|||
|||
||| "Thomas Baker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
||| message news:9CA5CA9A-98C8-4C2C-963C-(E-Mail Removed)...
|||| When I try to drag a message from my Outlook Inbox to another mail
|||| folder, I
|||| can drag it to most folders but not all. When I try to drag it to
|||| some folders, a symbol appears (international road sign
|||| circle-with-slash across
|||| it) blocking it. I can't see any pattern to this. Can anyone
|||| comment on how
|||| to fix?
||||
|||| This has happened only on my new PC where I am running Outlook
|||| 2003 under Windows Vista. Never had this trouble before.
||||
|||| Tom Baker

Thanks for the suggestions, but I tried them both and neither resolved the
problem.

Very odd.

Tom

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> Try running Outlook one time with the /resetnavpane switch to see if it sorts your folders out.
>
> Or you could just try a new mail profile to see if something is bollixed up in your current profile.
>
> --�
> Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
>
> Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
> How to ask a question:
> http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
>
>
> After furious head scratching, Thomas Baker asked:
>
> | Here's another clue. The mail folders that I can't drag mail into are
> | also appearing in the "contacts", "calendars" and "tasks" panes, but
> | as mail folders. I'm totaly confused.
> |
> | I have run scanpst.exe on the file but nothing changed.
> |
> | Tom Baker
> |
> |
> |
> | "Thomas Baker" wrote:
> |
> || The "waiting a few seconds" isn't working on my machine. It's an
> || annoying bug. But thanks for the response.
> ||
> || "William Lefkovics [MVP]" wrote:
> ||
> ||| I see this on Vista as well. I don't know if Vista has anything to
> ||| do with it actually, but I've never seen it on XP.
> |||
> ||| Basically waiting a few seconds and trying again allows me to make
> ||| the drag 'n drop.
> |||
> |||
> |||
> ||| "Thomas Baker" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> ||| message news:9CA5CA9A-98C8-4C2C-963C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> |||| When I try to drag a message from my Outlook Inbox to another mail
> |||| folder, I
> |||| can drag it to most folders but not all. When I try to drag it to
> |||| some folders, a symbol appears (international road sign
> |||| circle-with-slash across
> |||| it) blocking it. I can't see any pattern to this. Can anyone
> |||| comment on how
> |||| to fix?
> ||||
> |||| This has happened only on my new PC where I am running Outlook
> |||| 2003 under Windows Vista. Never had this trouble before.
> ||||
> |||| Tom Baker
>