How are folders organized in Outlook?

[MatrimCauthon]

Hello,

how are folders organized in Outlook?
Is there a MainFolder which keeps all the other folders and so on?

Or are the basically different kind of folders? For mail, contacts?
(I don't think so but Im not sure)

Is there already something implemented which shows me a list of all
folders, maybe similar to the folder in the windows explorer itself.

And how does outlook identify the folders? Is there an internal unique
value?

Thanks in advance,

Mat.

 

[Brian Tillman]

how are folders organized in Outlook?
Is there a MainFolder which keeps all the other folders and so on?

There is a file, often called Outlook.pst in your Windows profile in which
all your folders are kept.

Or are the basically different kind of folders? For mail, contacts?
(I don't think so but Im not sure)

All folders in Outlook are actually similar, but flagged with a record type
that indicates how the items in them should be presented. For example, in
the Contact folder you see businesscard-like entries. However, if you were
to move one of those entries to, say, a Mail folder (like Inbox), it would
then appear as a mail message. I've had my Contacts folder corrupted so
that Outlook thinks it's a Mail folder and then all my contacts appeared to
be mail messages. Upon restoration of the proper folder type, the contacts
all appeared correct again.

Is there already something implemented which shows me a list of all
folders, maybe similar to the folder in the windows explorer itself.

The Folder View in Outlook will present you with this information.
Remember, folders aren't stand-alone (i.e, file system) entities. They're
constructs within a single file.

And how does outlook identify the folders? Is there an internal unique
value?

As I said above.
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[MatrimCauthon]

Thank you,

that was quite interesting and useful.