PRB: Personal Folders Do Not Support the COPY_SUBFOLDERS Flag

ID: Q181485

The information in this article applies to:

Extended Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI), version 1.0
Exchange Development Kit (EDK), version 5.0
Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, version 5.0
Microsoft Windows Messaging

SYMPTOMS

When calling IMAPIFolder::CopyFolder() on a folder in a Personal Folders message store, the COPY_SUBFOLDERS flag is not honored. The call to CopyFolder copies only the immediate subfolders.

CAUSE

The Personal Folders Service provider does not support the COPY_SUBFOLDERS flag.

RESOLUTION

The recommended workaround is to create a recursive function that traverses the folders and copies messages and subfolders on the destination as it goes.

Additional query words: CopyFolder PST Personal Folders COPY_SUBFOLDERS

Keywords : kbMsg kbMAPI100 MAPIIMS
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,5.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb