Deleting inbox, outbox, sent, journal, notes, calendar, contacts...

[Doug]

I use Outlook 2000 at work and generally get my e-mail on
an Exchange server. I've created a couple of local .pst
files so that I can store my archived e-mails on my hard
drive. But one day, for reasons I don't need to go into,
I changed a setting in Tools / Services / Delivery and had
my new mail delivered to the local .pst instead. I've
since switched it back, but making that change created a
whole bunch of unnecessary folders inside that .pst file:
Calendar, Contacts, Drafts, Inbox, Journal, Notes, Outbox,
Sent, and Tasks. I want to get rid of them! But
the "Delete" option on the right-click menu is grayed out,
and I can't figure out a way to do it. Any help?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I use Outlook 2000 at work and generally get my e-mail on
an Exchange server. I've created a couple of local .pst
files so that I can store my archived e-mails on my hard
drive. But one day, for reasons I don't need to go into,
I changed a setting in Tools / Services / Delivery and had
my new mail delivered to the local .pst instead. I've
since switched it back, but making that change created a
whole bunch of unnecessary folders inside that .pst file:
Calendar, Contacts, Drafts, Inbox, Journal, Notes, Outbox,
Sent, and Tasks. I want to get rid of them! But
the "Delete" option on the right-click menu is grayed out,
and I can't figure out a way to do it. Any help?

Once you have set a PST as the default delivery location, Outlook creates
the file-permanent folders and you can't delete them. Just create a new PST
and move to it all the folders you want to keep. Then close the old PST
and, after closing Outlook, delete it.

 

[Doug]

What a disaster. Just the latest example of a Microsoft
product trying to outsmart its user.

 

[Brian Tillman]

What a disaster.

Well, hardly, although I agree that, as long as a PST is not the default
dfelivery location, one should be able to delete the predefined folders.