Outlook 2003 shortcut to folder on harddrive

  • Thread starter David.Pennington \(removethis\)
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David.Pennington \(removethis\)

Has anyone stumbled on how to create a short in Outlook
to point to a folder on the hard drive?
I drag and drop all subscriptions there and burn them
off to a cd every year.
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Enable the Web Toolbar. Type in the path to the desired location for your
hard drive storage (folders on the drive work better than the root drive) in
the web address window and press enter.

Next, display your shortcuts (you do have shortcuts enabled, right?) From
the open directory on your hard drive, drag the address to the root of the
shortcuts folder and voila - your hard drive directory is available for drag
and drop..

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, David.Pennington
(removethis) @AkzoNobel.com asked:

| Has anyone stumbled on how to create a short in Outlook
| to point to a folder on the hard drive?
| I drag and drop all subscriptions there and burn them
| off to a cd every year.
 
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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Oops - spoke too soon, this is a read only folder - drag and drop does NOT
work.

Back to the drawing board - (Bad MVP - did not test - no soup for you, you
come back 1 year!)


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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, David.Pennington
(removethis) @AkzoNobel.com asked:

| Has anyone stumbled on how to create a short in Outlook
| to point to a folder on the hard drive?
| I drag and drop all subscriptions there and burn them
| off to a cd every year.
 
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Patrick Reed [MVP - Outlook]

At the bottom of the Navigation pane, you should have buttons for Folder
List, Shortcuts, etc. Select the Folder List button.

Open My Computer and navigate to the desired folder.

With your mouse, click on the folder in the My Computer (Explorer) Window.

Drag that folder and drop it on the My Shortcuts entry on the Shortcuts
pane.


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PATRICK REED [Outlook - MVP]~~~~~~
-Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
-Have you checked http://www.slipstick.com?
-Please post your Outlook version!


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