How to add Quick Launch icons for specific folders in Outlook.
Getting quickly to the Outlook folder you want can be a little easier if you use the Windows XP Quick Launch toolbar.
Any Outlook folder can be dragged onto the Quick Launch toolbar for fast access.
If you don’t already, expose the Quick Launch toolbar by right-clicking on the toolbar, choose Toolbars then Quick Launch.
Then go to the Outlook folder list, click on the folder you want and drag it to the Quick Launch toolbar.
It will appear as a new icon on the Quick Launch bar.
A nice tip and if we were a normal newsletter we’d leave it at that. But there are some downsides you should be aware of.
- The icon and label is the same for all Outlook folders and there seems no way to customize them. If you were thinking of having links to say Calendar and Contacts you can but there’s no obvious way to tell them apart.
- Clicking on an Outlook link on the Quick Launch toolbar opens a new Outlook window to that folder, even if there’s already a window open.
