Public folders show by default Outlook 2003

[Guest]

When opening Outlook 2003, the public folders don't always show by default. I
know you can get the public folders to show up by either clicking on the
Folder list button, or using Ctrl+6 to open them up. My question is, is there
a way to always show the public folders when ever you open Outlook up? It
seems that everytime it reopens, they are gone again. Thanks,

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

It is possible to force Outlook to open with a particular navigation pane displayed by adding this registry entry and setting the appropriate value:

Key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\WunderBar
Value name: BootModule
Value type: REG_DWORD
Value: 0 to show the Mail folders, 5 to show the Folder List, and 6 to show the Shortcuts pane.

You'll want to use 5.