Cannot Unhide Special IMAP Folder in Outlook Express

ID: Q238520

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

SYMPTOMS

If you configure the Drafts or Sent Items IMAP folder to be a "non special and hidden" folder, and then you configure it to be a special folder again, Outlook Express does not allow you to unhide the folder.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, use one of the following methods:

Unhide the folder before you configure it to be a special folder.
Create a new folder that has the same name of the hidden folder.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbui
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb