How can I find a lost folder in Outlook?

Question

How can I find a folder that was accidentally moved into an unknown folder in Outlook? I can find messages in the folder and looking at their properties gives me the name of the folder but not where it is located.

I would like to avoid having to manually look in every folder in the hierarchy.

Answer 1

Try this:

1. Find the folder name by searching for the mail item and looking at its properties
2. Select the Go menu, choose Folders at the bottom
3. In the window that appears, find the folder in the drop-down box
4. Press Ok and Outlook should open to that folder

Answer 2

If you're in Office 2007 Outlook, this should work. Go to Tools. Click on Mailbox Cleanup. Then click on View Mailbox Size. You'll get a list of all your folders, and if you work down it, you should find the missing one - maybe somewhere quite unexpected!

Answer 3

Unfortunately, there is no automatical search for folders in Outlook. Weird, isn't it?