Notes folder changed to mail folder

I have a problem with my default "Notes" folder. For some reason it changed into a "Mail" folder. The Icon in the folder tree shows a mailfolder icon, the notes in the folder are still notes. The available views are only the mail related ones.

I cannot delete it and make a new one, because it is the default notes folder.

When I run the following code;

Private Sub CheckNotesFolder()
Dim myFolder As MAPIFolder

Set myFolder = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderNotes)

Debug.Print "Def.ItemType : " & myFolder.DefaultItemType
Select Case myFolder.DefaultItemType
Case olAppointmentItem
Debug.Print " : olAppointmentItem"
Case olContactItem
Debug.Print " : olContactItem"
Case olDistributionListItem
Debug.Print " : olDistributionListItem"
Case olJournalItem
Debug.Print " : olJournalItem"
Case olMailItem
Debug.Print " : olMailItem"
Case olNoteItem
Debug.Print " : olNoteItem"
Case olPostItem
Debug.Print " : olPostItem"
Case olTaskItem
Debug.Print " : olTaskItem"
End Select
Debug.Print "Def.msg.class: " & myFolder.DefaultMessageClass

End Sub

The result is;
Def.ItemType : 0
: olMailItem
Def.msg.class: IPM.Note

The default ItemType should have been olNoteItem, and the defaultmessageclass should have been IPM.StickyNote
I tried all the options I could find. Also from VBA Itried to change it, but the mentioned properties for the default items & class are both read-only.

Can anybody help me out on this? My palm doesn't synchronize the notes anymore, probably because the notes folder is no notes folder anymore.....

Tieske.

Try starting Outlook with the /resetfolders switch.

Open the Start, Run dialog and type in the following (don't enter the
quotes but make sure the space before the switch is there):
"outlook.exe /resetfolders" then press Enter. See if that helps.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginners Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
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"Tieske" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:30ED94E8-EC87-432B-A095-ACB9F65DFF42@microsoft.com...
> I have a problem with my default "Notes" folder. For some reason it
changed into a "Mail" folder. The Icon in the folder tree shows a
mailfolder icon, the notes in the folder are still notes. The
available views are only the mail related ones.
>
> I cannot delete it and make a new one, because it is the default
notes folder.
>
> When I run the following code;
>
> Private Sub CheckNotesFolder()
> Dim myFolder As MAPIFolder
>
> Set myFolder =
Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderNotes)
>
> Debug.Print "Def.ItemType : " & myFolder.DefaultItemType
> Select Case myFolder.DefaultItemType
> Case olAppointmentItem
> Debug.Print " : olAppointmentItem"
> Case olContactItem
> Debug.Print " : olContactItem"
> Case olDistributionListItem
> Debug.Print " : olDistributionListItem"
> Case olJournalItem
> Debug.Print " : olJournalItem"
> Case olMailItem
> Debug.Print " : olMailItem"
> Case olNoteItem
> Debug.Print " : olNoteItem"
> Case olPostItem
> Debug.Print " : olPostItem"
> Case olTaskItem
> Debug.Print " : olTaskItem"
> End Select
> Debug.Print "Def.msg.class: " & myFolder.DefaultMessageClass
>
> End Sub
>
> The result is;
> Def.ItemType : 0
> : olMailItem
> Def.msg.class: IPM.Note
>
> The default ItemType should have been olNoteItem, and the
defaultmessageclass should have been IPM.StickyNote
> I tried all the options I could find. Also from VBA Itried to change
it, but the mentioned properties for the default items & class are
both read-only.
>
> Can anybody help me out on this? My palm doesn't synchronize the
notes anymore, probably because the notes folder is no notes folder
anymore.....
>
> Tieske.
>