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
    2023-07-11T20:20:09+00:00

    we need a fix for this IMMEDIATELY. It is extremely annoying and not sure why it would ever DEFAULT to hidden...

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-10T09:57:32+00:00

    Another irritating, unexpected, random, pointless change in how outlook works. I don't expect a fix anytime soon. If it weren't for inertia, I'd use a different email client.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-05T07:07:50+00:00

    This may not be relevant to you, but this problem only happens on my laptop.

    As mentioned above, I fixed it for me by changing my laptop browser's view zoom level to 90%, or less (you might need to use a different zoom level to me), and it can now continue to display the folder list after I reveal it via the three little horizontal lines in the top left.

    Once I swapped to 90% the folder list appeared. I could then change back to 100% and it stayed in place! Go figure :-)

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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
    2023-06-27T03:14:15+00:00

    Under the HOME tab, there is a button "Toggle Left Pane"

    I see no such button under the HOME tab.

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