OK… this
isn’t a SharePoint topic – but I was frustrated by this issue and it became a
catalyst to find an answer and then share that finding. Hope it helps someone….
In our
efforts to organize our emails, we can get carried away with nested folders in
our Inbox Cabinet. Maybe you're one of
those people who take great pride in keeping your Inbox clean by filing away
important emails. I commend you.
But
sometimes you need to file a new email into a nested folder and you just can't
remember the parent folder. There isn't
an obvious way to search for a folder name - but there is a way you can
discover the path to your nested folder.
The trick
lies in searching for an email term that likely resides in the folder you want
to locate.
To
illustrate, let's assume you created a nested folder called "donor
sites". You don't recall what
parent folder - or complex hierarchy of folders - in which it may reside.
Start in
your inbox, and search for a likely term contained in emails within your donor
sites folder - perhaps "charity".
From the
initial results, click "try searching again in All Mail Items". Now look for the desired folder name in the
"In Folder" column. (If you
are not displaying the In Folder column - see how to add,remove, or move a column).
Open
(double click) that email in the desired folder and press Ctrl+Shift+F to open
Advanced Search. Next click the Browse
button to see a list of folders.
Ta-da! You have just discovered
the path to your nested folder.
It would be
nice if Outlook could search for folder names - but until that day arrives,
this is one method I've found to achieve that goal.
