Renamed my Sent Folder

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Bob Phillips

Hi all,

Somehow I have managed to rename my Sent Folder to -1. Anyone know how I can
revert?

TIA

Bob
 
Start-> Run and type the following
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Outlook.exe" /resetfoldernames

Please replace the the first part with your location of the Outlook.exe file

Hope this helps!
 
Roady,

Thanks, but that failed to work.

First I got an invalid string error, so I tried it with /resetfolders. This
gave no errors, but nothing changed.

Any other ideas?

Bob
 
Make sure you place the pathname of Outlook between quotes (") and that the
switch is outside the quotes and that there is a SPACE between the " and /
sign

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Outlook.exe" /resetfoldernames

Outlook must be closed as well.

Hope it works now!
 
I copied the value from your post, just taking out the 10 in Office, but I
still get

The command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using.

Thanks

Bob


Roady said:
Make sure you place the pathname of Outlook between quotes (") and that the
switch is outside the quotes and that there is a SPACE between the " and /
sign

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Outlook.exe" /resetfoldernames

Outlook must be closed as well.

Hope it works now!
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Carly,

The command-line switches are not limited to Exchange.

The command-line I gave is limited to Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2003.

The /resetfoldernames switch changes the names of the folders to the
language of the Outlook client

The /resetfolders switch, which is in previous versions of Outlook,
recreates missing default Outlook folders (like Calendar, Tasks, Inbox,
etc...)


Bob,

You can't change the names of automatically created folders in Outlook when
the pst-file is set as Outlook Today. To overcome this problem you can do
the following;
-Create a dummy pst-file and link it to Outlook. You'll now have an Outlook
Today root folder and a Personal Folders root folder.
-Close Outlook and go to your installed services overview (Control Panel->
Mail-> E-mailaccounts)
-Change the Delivery Location for mail to your just created dummy file by
using the dropdown list
-Start Outlook and click yes when prompted
-Change the name of the folder
-Close Outlook and change the delivery location back to your original file

Hope this helps!
 
For Outlook 2000 the best option would be to run a macro to rename the
folder. For earlier than Outlook 2000 the only option would be to run
code similar to the macro in form code.

For Outlook 2000 (or later):

Open Outlook VBA by pressing Alt+F11. Select Insert, Module to add a
code module. Copy and paste the following in the code module:

Sub RenameSentItems()
Dim oFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder

Set oFolder = Application.GetNameSpace("MAPI"). _
GetDefaultFolder(olFolderSentItems)
oFolder.Name = "Sent Items"

Set oFolder = Nothing
End Sub

Place the cursor in the procedure and press F5 to run it. That should
rename the folder.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Lead Author, Professional Outlook 2000 Programming, Wrox Press
Lead Author, Beginning VB 6 Application Development, Wrox Press
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Thanks all who have stuck with me on this. It is fixed now, and I am very
grateful.

Regards

Bob
 
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