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Once it has found the folder, it offers you to open it directly so you can locate it and move it back where it belongs.ДЇind a folder by its name via a VBA macro from VBOffice.Is there a way to prevent Windows Server from reporting that a file is open when it's just been closed, or reporting it exists when it's just been deleted? Let me set the stage here: If you know (part of) the name of the folder that you misplaced, then you can also use the FindFolder macro from VBOffice. Method 5: VBA macro: Find a folder by its name Note: To switch to the Details view in Explorer in Windows 7, you can press the вЂњChange your viewвЂќ button or press the ALT button on your keyboard to make the View menu visible and then choose Details. Use the Details view in Explorer to show the Folder column. The name between parenthesis is the name of the mailbox or pst-file as it appears in Outlook.

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When you set your view to the Details view, youвЂ™ll see the Folder column which shows the full path to the folder. An Explorer window will open now with the search results. When the message shows up, right click it and choose вЂњShow ConversationвЂќ.

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The results will reveal the folder path of the item that was found.ДЄn easy way to do this in Windows 7 ( but no longer for Outlook 2013 or Windows 8 and later) is by searching for the message via the Search box in the Start Menu. Yet another way to relocate your folder is to search for an item that you know was in that folder via Windows Search. Method 4: Search for an item with Windows Search Via Instant Search and Advanced Find, it is possible to locate a folder. By default, the scope of the Advanced Find dialog is set to the folder the item resides in.Д«y pressing on the BrowseвЂ¦ button in the Advanced Find dialog, youвЂ™ll see where in your mailbox that folder is located. When youвЂ™ve found the message, open it via a double-click and then press CTRL+SHIFT+F to open the Advanced Find dialog. To do this, click in the Search field above your item list or press CTRL+E and then press CTRL+ALT+A to set the search scope to вЂњAll Outlook ItemsвЂќ. If you still know of an item that was in that folder, doing a mailbox-wide search for it will also allow you to reveal which folder the message is in. To do this, you can use a vbs-script (recommended) or vba-macro from the article Export or print folder list Method 3: Search for an item with Instant Search Note 2: Unfortunately, you cannot export the folder list shown here to more easily search in it with a text editor like Notepad. Note 1: If you already have an idea under which folder the moved folder could be, you can also use the Folder Size button of that folder to narrow down your search. Using the Folder Size dialog to find back a folder by name. It will also reveal the full folder path so that you can easily browse to it once youвЂ™ve found it. Outlook will now list all your folders in an easy to scroll window so you can quickly review the names of the folders that you have. File-> section: Info-> button: Tools-> Mailbox CleanupвЂ¦-> View Mailbox SizeвЂ¦.When using Office 365 with the Single Line Ribbon interface, you can access this same dialog via Right click on the root of your mailbox.To prevent you from needing to click through every folder, you can also get a list of folders via the Folder Size option When youвЂ™ve noticed your accidental moving a little bit later, then the above method will not help you anymore.

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Use the plus or arrow icons to expand the folders.

It cannot suddenly go 3 or 4 levels deeper.Д«y expanding the folder via the plus characters (+) or arrows next to the folders, you should be able to reveal your moved folder. The furthest it can go is 1 folder below any of the folders that are visible to you now. Since youвЂ™ve moved them by dragging and dropping, the folder really canвЂ™t be that far. Which method works best for you depends a bit on how long ago you might have moved it and whether or not you can remember (part of) the folder name or what should be in that folder. No, Outlook doesnвЂ™t have an option like that, but there are other ways to locate your folder again as well. Is there a way in Outlook to search for a folder name?

I've got a lot of folders so going through each and every one of them isn't really an option. I'm now not able to find back the folder anymore to move it back where it belongs. I've accidentally moved a folder when I tried to select a different folder.

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