How to permanently show Folder pane

Anonymous
2023-01-11T17:44:51+00:00

Suddenly today my folder pane is hidden by default. I have not changed any settings. I can go to View>Layout>Folder pane>Show and it will pop up but it will disappear if I click anywhere but the folder pane. I need to see the folder pane all the time. How can I change this? (And why did it change itself?)

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-19T01:01:49+00:00

    I thought selecting "show" pane would solve it, but it didn't. Did not find this answer anywhere.

    ** Here's the deal. I finally figured it out. Under the HOME tab, there is a button "Toggle Left Pane" - click on it and the folder pane will stay open.

    Hope this helps.

    I do not see any button saying "Toggle Left Pane" on the Home tab!
    Searched for that exact thing in the help button - no finds for the search.
    You have some magic form of Outlook.....

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-17T08:40:26+00:00

    Not in Outlook 365 ....

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-15T11:31:19+00:00

    Try clearing your cache and cookies. I found another thread that reminded me to do that, I did it, and found that it worked. So far it has not reverted back....

    Here's hoping they leave things alone for a few weeks, or months.

    Or years.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-27T23:07:57+00:00

    It appears that all of these suggestions are based on the BROWSER-based version of "outlook.live.com". Whatever Microsoft did affected the OUTLOOK.EXE that comes with Office/365. There is no such solution or button in OUTLOOK.EXE.

    I found that if I click on the VIEW tab on my laptop, and then go to the group of icons labeled "Layout", then click on "FOLDER PANE", the selection for "Normal" is checked, and there is another selection marked "Favorites" below the "Off" selection. On the version of OUTLOOK.EXE I just installed on my other laptop there is NO SUCH SELECTION for "FAVORITES".

    HOW DO I TURN ON "FAVORITES" in the left column with OUTLOOK.EXE???

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-06-14T13:51:47+00:00

    I wasn't offering a fix. I was also complaining about the same "improved" feature.

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