create a shorcut on outlook to a folder on the system

[Guest]

The prior version of outlook allowed me to add shortcuts to folders saved on
the system to the outlook bar. Is there a way to do it in 2003? My email
box is limited in size by the workcenter, therefore I need to be able to save
my information somewhere else.

 

[Brian Tillman]

The prior version of outlook allowed me to add shortcuts to folders
saved on the system to the outlook bar. Is there a way to do it in
2003? My email box is limited in size by the workcenter, therefore I
need to be able to save my information somewhere else.

There is no way to add a Windows file system shortcut to Outlook 2003 that
works as such a shortcut worked in earlier versions. That begs the
question, though: why would you want to save your messages to a Windows
folder? Create a new Personal Folders File (File>New>Outlook Data File) and
store your data there. You can put this PST in any folder you want and it
will always be available when you open Outlook.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Adding a shortcut to the Shortcuts navigation pane (which can by done by creating a shortcut on the desktop and dragging it in) will not make it any easier to save Outlook items to system folders. You may want to keep a Windows Explorer window open to the folder you want to save Outlook items in, so you can drag them there.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers