The person who wrote the solution said to hit the Escape (ESC) key.
So I did a quick Internet search (yes, it was Google, duh) and found the solution on a Web site called saniac. Below is the message I receive when trying to open the folder in the folder view. In Outlook on the web, if the user tries to add the public folder to Favorites, the 'adding public folder' window does not appear. I have removed and recreated my user rights to the public folder (using EAC) but no change. failed attempt to connect to Microsoft Exchange. I am unable to open the Public Folders through Outlook 2016. I closed Outlook and restarted it but got the same result. I have gotten around the plugins that dont yet work on Outlook 2016. Note: To create a Public Folder Database see the this article.
The app uses the EWS API for 2010 functionality. I tried other messages and other folders but dragging and dropping was essentially banned by my Outlook 2016. Answer: To configure public folders hosted on Exchange Server 2010 we need to use the public folders management console snap-in and Outlook client.
However, I was made aware we would soon be upgrading to Exchange 2010: ergo, I built the code to work in both environments.įollowing the migration to Exchange 2010, however, the app has broken. Our email system, at the time I originally coded this, was Exchange 2003. With Outlook 2013/2016, you have to click the three dots at the lower left next to the mail, calendar. It's purpose was to read the emails within a specific folder, parse them for specific values and save them to a database. With Outlook 2010, you need to click the yellow file folder looking icon at the bottom left of the Outlook window, or Ctrl-6 for the Public Folders to show up on the left side.