Can't Access My Spaces Bar

[jcorreia97]

I have Office 2000 installed but recently upgraded Outlook to 2003. In Outlook 2000, folders on the hard drive can be accessed from shorcuts within the Outlook folder list. The folder list in Outlook 2003 does not provide this access. I did research the My Spaces Bar feature which looks like what I need. However, I can't find any evidence of the My Spaces Bar in my Outlook 2003. Do I need to upgrade Office to 2003 to use the My Spaces Bar feature? Thanks.

[jcorreia97]

Would this make more sense if I corrected this to the My Places Bar? I'm still stuck. Thanks.

[jcorreia97]

OK. I've figured this out. There apparently is no folder list access to the Windows folder hierarchy in Outlook 2003. (I'm wondering if this may be because my Outlook 2003 data file is an .ost file now rather than the .pst we used with Outlook 2000? This an office network using Exchange.) With my 2003, an Outlook item cannot be dragged to a Windows folder as in Outlook 2000.

However, an Outlook item can be saved to any location on the hard drive using Save As. The My Places Bar is available in the save dialog listing Desktop, My Computer, My Documents, etc. in the left hand portion of the dialog. There is the option to save in a variety of types including the original Outlook item type. There is the difference of having to delete the item from Outlook after saving it elsewhere but I can live with that.