Re: Opening with expanded sub-folders

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (IE/OE_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 11:18:01 -0700

Not true about the danger. Having the folders appear as sub-folders to the Inbox is only a matter of convenience. The only connection is an instruction in Folders.dbx about how to display them.

That being said, the rest of your post is quite correct. By far the most dependable way to keep them expanded is to drag them from the Inbox to Local Folders.

"N. Miller" wrote:

> In article <695401c42ece$46efd540$a401280a@phx.gbl>,
> anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com says...
>
> > I have several sub-folders hanging off my Inbox and Sent
> > folder.
> > I would like OE6 to open always with the folders all
> > expanded, so that they are all visible/immediately
> > accessible for filing msges into them without having to
> > click on the parent folder to see them/use them.
> > How to do, plse??
>
> In the first place, hanging folders off of your Inbox is potentially
> dangerous; not to the operation of your computer, but to the availability of
> your messages. If anything at all corrupts the Inbox.dbx file, your messages
> may be permanently lost. Move those folders so that they are hanging off of
> the Local Folders icon. I believe that the five MSOE created folders are
> better not used for long term storage: Inbox (Inbox.dbx), Outbox
> (Outbox.dbx), Sent Items (Sent Items.dbx), Deleted Items (Deleted
> Items.dbx), and Drafts (Drafts.dbx).
>
> My copy of MSOE (v.6.00.2800.1409) seems to be "sticky" to the third nested
> level, anyway. I.e., the folders stay expanded, or collapsed if I switch
> away from the Identity, then back to it; opening to the same state they were
> in when switching away. The only difference is when there are unread
> messages; in which case the folders always open expanded.
>
> Other than that, I can't find an option to set for folder expansion, or
> collapse.
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
> ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
> ~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint
>

Relevant Pages

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