"Unable to display the folder ..." HELP PLEASE!!

[george fotion]

I moved certain folders from Outlook 2002 by dragging the
folders into a subfolder within "My Document" folder.

Each of the folders moved in this manner contain numerous
important emails. Now when I double click the moved
folder which resides no longer in Outlook, but in My
Documents, I get this error:

Unable to display the folder. Microsoft Office Outlook
could not access the specified folder location. Could not
open the item. Try again.

How do I get to the contents of these folders now?

Signed,

Desperate!

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Did you move the folders from the Folder List or did you just move shortcuts
from the Outlook Bar? I am using Outlook 2003 (I know that's a different
version from yours, but I don't have Outlok 2002 installed to test on right
now) and I could not reproduce this issue. When I attempt to copy or move
an Outlook folder from the Folder List to My Documents, I get a shortcut
which, if double-clicked, opens that folder for me in Outlook. Nothing is
actually moved, just copied (even if I right-click and drag the folder and
choose "Move" from the popup menu).

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[george fotion]

Jocelyn,

thanks for the reply. i think i'm fubar'd. I gotta
feeling that what i did was to copy the shortcut, not the
folder. so when i deleted the folder in outlook, the
shortcut created in "my documents" no longer refers to
anything accessible. i'm screwed right?

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

I'm afraid so...if you deleted the folder in Outlook, it's gone.

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MVP - Outlook

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