Creating folders with same names in Outlook and Explorer

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Hi,

I have the practice of creating the same folders in Outlook and Explorer.
E.g. Training - for emails and Training for docs, spreadsheets.

Does anyone know a slick way to do this so the folder list in Outlook is always the same as in Explorer?

Bin

 

[Mav]

I don't think you can - mostly because the folders in Outlook are for specific items: mail, calendar entries, tasks etc.

I'd be interested to know if you do find a way to do this...

 

[Clive]

I don't think you can - mostly because the folders in Outlook are for specific items: mail, calendar entries, tasks etc.

I'd be interested to know if you do find a way to do this...

I might be able to write a macro to do this - are the "Training" etc sub-folders of "Inbox" or "Personal Folders" ?

 

[(RIP) Bin Ridin]

Clive
I am making subfolders of Inbox, and I want a folder of same name as sub-folder of My Documents directory.
Bin

 

[Clive]

See how you get on with this - a Windows Scripting Host (WSH) script.

Extract both files from the attached .ZIP into (e.g.) My Documents.

Then run the FolderSyncWithOutlook.cmd file (which in turn will run the FolderSyncWithOutlook.vbs).

Note that I have written it such that it only creates new Inbox sub-folders that are created under "My Documents\Outlook"
e.g.
My Documents\Outlook\Folder 1
My Documents\Outlook\Folder 2

because under my own "My Documents" I have My Music/My Pictures etc that I didn't want created as Inbox sub-folders during testing.

If you *really* want sub-folders of "My Documents" then edit the FolderSyncWithOutlook.vbs file with Notepad and remove the bit that says

& "\Outlook"

Let me know if it works ok