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personal folder I have created in my Outlook as a place to route mail
to. When I do this I get a message saying it is not allowed with this
type of file.
 
personal folder I have created in my Outlook as a place to route mail
to. When I do this I get a message saying it is not allowed with this
type of file.
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You can't place on your desktop a shortcut to an Outlook folder. It's not a
Windows file system object and so can't be referenced by the file system.
 
This works in Outlook 2003 and I believe it worked in earlier versions as
well (but I don't have any old versions running here to test with). Restore
your Outlook window so you can see the desktop, then with the Folder List
showing, right-click the root folder of your .PST file and drag it to the
desktop. Release the mouse button and choose Copy from the context menu.
You'll get a desktop shortcut which will open Outlook to that root folder
when you double-click it.

You can also drag indivdual folder shortcuts that way, but when I tried to
double-click those without Outlook running I got an "Operation Failed" error,
so Outlook would have to be running for that to work.

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]
This works in Outlook 2003 and I believe it worked in earlier
versions as well (but I don't have any old versions running here to
test with). Restore your Outlook window so you can see the desktop,
then with the Folder List showing, right-click the root folder of
your .PST file and drag it to the desktop. Release the mouse button
and choose Copy from the context menu. You'll get a desktop shortcut
which will open Outlook to that root folder when you double-click it.
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Nice tip. That does place a shortcut to the folder on the desktop, but I'm
not sure it will operate as the OP intends. Perhaps, though, I simply don't
understand the OP's intent.
 
Hopefully he will post back and elaborate...

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Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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Brian Tillman said:
Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]
This works in Outlook 2003 and I believe it worked in earlier
versions as well (but I don't have any old versions running here to
test with). Restore your Outlook window so you can see the desktop,
then with the Folder List showing, right-click the root folder of
your .PST file and drag it to the desktop. Release the mouse button
and choose Copy from the context menu. You'll get a desktop shortcut
which will open Outlook to that root folder when you double-click it.
Click to expand...

Nice tip. That does place a shortcut to the folder on the desktop, but I'm
not sure it will operate as the OP intends. Perhaps, though, I simply don't
understand the OP's intent.
Click to expand...
 
Ok, here is what I want to do: I want to be able to quickly hop into a
personal file from my desktop shortcut of an Outlook personal file and
review/revise files in tha folder -- all without opening Outlook.
Hopefully he will post back and elaborate...

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please reply
only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


Brian Tillman said:
Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]
This works in Outlook 2003 and I believe it worked in earlier
versions as well (but I don't have any old versions running here to
test with). Restore your Outlook window so you can see the desktop,
then with the Folder List showing, right-click the root folder of
your .PST file and drag it to the desktop. Release the mouse button
and choose Copy from the context menu. You'll get a desktop shortcut
which will open Outlook to that root folder when you double-click it.
Click to expand...

Nice tip. That does place a shortcut to the folder on the desktop, but I'm
not sure it will operate as the OP intends. Perhaps, though, I simply don't
understand the OP's intent.
Click to expand...
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OK, thanks for clarifying. Unfortunately, as Brian said, you can't do what
you want -- only Outlook can open .PST files without corrupting them. Sorry.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please reply
only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


[email protected] said:
Ok, here is what I want to do: I want to be able to quickly hop into a
personal file from my desktop shortcut of an Outlook personal file and
review/revise files in tha folder -- all without opening Outlook.
Hopefully he will post back and elaborate...

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

*** Messages sent to my e-mail address will NOT be answered -- please reply
only to the newsgroup to preserve the message thread. ***


Brian Tillman said:
Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]

This works in Outlook 2003 and I believe it worked in earlier
versions as well (but I don't have any old versions running here to
test with). Restore your Outlook window so you can see the desktop,
then with the Folder List showing, right-click the root folder of
your .PST file and drag it to the desktop. Release the mouse button
and choose Copy from the context menu. You'll get a desktop shortcut
which will open Outlook to that root folder when you double-click it.

Nice tip. That does place a shortcut to the folder on the desktop, but I'm
not sure it will operate as the OP intends. Perhaps, though, I simply don't
understand the OP's intent.
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