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Hi All
I'm loving the new Outlook, however I'm having real difficulty manually sorting my email folders.
Clicking & dragging the folder, only allows me to drop the folder INTO another folder, but doesn't allow me to drop it in between other folders (meaning I cannot re-arrange / sort the folders manually).
Right clicking the folder and clicking "Move", again only allows me to move the folder INTO another folder. There is no "move up or down" option unfortunately.
It is currently sorting my folders in alphabetical order, but I wish to change this. I have been through all the settings and cannot find anywhere I can manually sort my email folders.
Can anyone assist?
Thank you
Thomas
Using Classic Outlook on Windows for personal email, calendar, and contact management
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Biggest problem is that my company will delete emails over three months old if in the Inbox folder - there are emails I need to keep longer.
Will not be using the new Outlook and will have to find something else to use for work.
Good job Microsoft! You keep fixing things that aren't broken and breaking them.
If you're desperate to make it work for the time being, I found that modifying the name of the folder to include a number at the beginning of the name seems to sort it in numerical order. If it doesn't work initially, I found that moving the folder you just renamed into another folder and then moving it back to the main area "resets" it and allows it to sort by the number you just added.
Microsoft, please fix this! I'm excited to work with the new outlook, but I need to be able to control my folders.
Thank you for the proper work around
Good idea. But if you add an additional folder, you need to renumber everything. Also, Why are we expected to waste precious time numbering and renumbering folders? This was a simple feature in the old version of Outlook. Why has it not been implemented in the new version. And in particular, since we have all been begging for this fix for over 18 months.
This is crazy that they still have not added the feature. That's my biggest problem with the new outlook. Too many features are lost by switching to the new application and doesnt seem worth it at this point...
If you're desperate to make it work for the time being, I found that modifying the name of the folder to include a number at the beginning of the name seems to sort it in numerical order. If it doesn't work initially, I found that moving the folder you just renamed into another folder and then moving it back to the main area "resets" it and allows it to sort by the number you just added.
Microsoft, please fix this! I'm excited to work with the new outlook, but I need to be able to control my folders.
Thank you for the proper work around
If you're desperate to make it work for the time being, I found that modifying the name of the folder to include a number at the beginning of the name seems to sort it in numerical order. If it doesn't work initially, I found that moving the folder you just renamed into another folder and then moving it back to the main area "resets" it and allows it to sort by the number you just added.
Microsoft, please fix this! I'm excited to work with the new outlook, but I need to be able to control my folders.