(Tech Tip: Outlook) Create a desktop shortcut to an Outlook folder

(Tech Tip: Outlook) Create a desktop shortcut to an Outlook folder

Here’s how create a desktop shortcut that opens Outlook to a specific folder.

1. Get properties of that folder in Outlook and copy the Location field and put the name of the folder at the end

\\Public Folders - jsimotas@rethinkit.com\All Public Folders\rethinkit.com\Public Contacts

2. Right-click on your desktop and create a shortcut to notepad.exe (trust me it’s easier)

3. Then edit the target of that shortcut to have the following format note all the quotes and the “outlook:” in front

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE" /select "outlook:\\Public Folders - jsimotas@rethinkit.com\All Public Folders\rethinkit.com\Public Contacts"

Hint: If you want an expanded folder list then create a shortcut to any child of the folder you want expanded.