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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / Mail / May 2008Folders open
If I check the option to have the folders with unread mail open, ALL folders are opened when I start Windows Mail. If it is unchecked, none of the folders are opened. It seems to me that with Outlook Express the open option ONLY opened the folders with unread mail. Is this possible in Windows Mail? David > If I check the option to have the folders with unread mail open, ALL > folders are opened when I start Windows Mail. If it is unchecked, none of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > David There is no such option. Only one folder can be open at a time. If you mean the option to automatically display folders with unread messages, it can't display one top level folder without displaying them all. It can't display one subfolder of the Inbox without displaying all subfolders of the Inbox.  SignatureFrank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com I guess display is what I meant. In Outlook Express I could display all folders with unread messages - and only those folder. With Windows Mail it either displays all folders or none of the sub folders. This is regardless of an unread emails in them. I would like to be able to automatically display ONLY those folders with unread emails upon opening the Windows Mail program. It seems to me that that is what it is saying with the option "Automatically display folders with unread messages" which is under Tools/options/general. But it is not what is happening. David >> If I check the option to have the folders with unread mail open, ALL >> folders are opened when I start Windows Mail. If it is unchecked, none [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > all. It can't display one subfolder of the Inbox without displaying all > subfolders of the Inbox. >I guess display is what I meant. In Outlook Express I could display all >folders with unread messages - and only those folder. With Windows Mail it [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >> all. It can't display one subfolder of the Inbox without displaying all >> subfolders of the Inbox. When I wrote the reply at the top I was in a hurry about to leave for work and had not totally grasped all Frank said in his reply to me. What I put in that reply still stands however in clarification let me explain that I am talking about folders with some sub-folders having unread messages and some folder with all of the sub-folder having no unread messages. What I get now is all sub-folders will be displayed even if none of the sub-folders have any unread messages. With Outlook Express, only the folders with at least one sub-folder having an unread message would be displayed. Here is a simple sample. The capitol letters are folders and the lowercase are sub-folders. This is what I get now if I check the "Automatically display folders with unread messages" box: A all mail read b all mail read c all mail read D all mail read e all mail read f some mail unread If I don't check the box I get: A all mail read D all mail read This is what I want to get: A all mail read D all mail read e all mail read f some mail unread Hope that makes it clearer. David This is precisely my issue as well - "show unread" shows *all* subfolders, including those without unread messages. This is not how it worked in Outlook Express. Either this is a bug, or a valuable feature has been lost. It is a serious enough "little" flaw that I'm regretting upgrading to Vista! Hi Rex, Did you my any chance find a solution to this elsewhere? No one here seems able to help us. David D > This is precisely my issue as well - "show unread" shows *all* > subfolders, including those without unread messages. This is not how > it worked in Outlook Express. Either this is a bug, or a valuable > feature has been lost. It is a serious enough "little" flaw that I'm > regretting upgrading to Vista! Every time I open Windows mail all folders' display are open. I wish to be OPEN to INBOX. How can I do this? Thanx > Hi Rex, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > feature has been lost. It is a serious enough "little" flaw that I'm > > regretting upgrading to Vista! Tools, Options, uncheck "Automatically display folders with unread messages." SignatureGary VanderMolen, MS-MVP > Every time I open Windows mail all folders' display are open. I wish to > be [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> > feature has been lost. It is a serious enough "little" flaw that I'm >> > regretting upgrading to Vista! Gary: Doesn't work. I've tried it with both. What's more frustrating is this is happening in a different user account on the same 'puter. On the other user account, it works fine (opens on INBOX). > Tools, Options, uncheck "Automatically display folders with unread > messages." [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >> > feature has been lost. It is a serious enough "little" flaw that I'm > >> > regretting upgrading to Vista! Sometimes Windows Mail will exhibit strange behavior, which can be caused by running a non-compatible antivirus. Which antivirus are you running? SignatureGary VanderMolen, MS-MVP > Gary: > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >> > I'm >> >> > regretting upgrading to Vista! |
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