Microsoft Outlook 2010 - Start Outlook in the Calendar or other Folder

SUMMARY: Instead of displaying your Inbox when opening Outlook 2010, view a different folder instead.

When opening Microsoft Outlook 2010 you are immediately presented with a view of your Inbox. Depending on your work habits or needs, you might find the Calendar the first thing you want to view when you start your day. Or, you might have important electronic mail automatically filtered to a different folder and want to view that information first.

1. Select the "File" tab in the Ribbon.

2. The Microsoft Office Backstage View appears. Click the "Options" button.

(Or instead of steps 1 and 2, press Alt + F, then the letter T.)

3. The "Outlook Options" dialog box appears. Click "Advanced" in the left pane.

4. In the "Outlook start and exit" section, click the "Browse" button next to "Start Outlook in this folder".

Configuring Outlook 2010 to start in a different folder besides the Inbox

5. The "Select Folder" dialog box appears. Choose your desired Outlook 2010 starting folder.

Selecting a folder to start in when opening Outlook 2010

6. Click "OK" to close the dialog boxes.

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Microsoft Outlook 2010 - How Much Hard Drive Space is Used by Folders?

SUMMARY: Running out of hard drive space? Find out how much room is taken by a folder and all its subfolders in Outlook 2010.

If you're running out of room on your hard drive, it might prove useful to see how much room is taken up by e-mail contained inside folders in Microsoft Outlook 2010. This way you can determine if you need to clean up some of your folders, perhaps backing up old yet important e-mail to external media.

1. In the Navigation Pane, right-click a folder to examine and choose "Properties" from the pop-up menu.

Accessing Properties for a folder in Outlook 2010

OR:

1. In the Navigation Pane, click on a folder to examine. Then, click the "Folder" tab in the Ribbon and click "Folder Properties" in the "Properties" section.

Accessing Folder Properties via the Ribbon in Outlook 2010

2. The "Properties" dialog box appears. Click the "General" tab if it is not already selected.

3. Click the "Folder Size" button.

4. The "Folder Size" dialog box appears, showing you the folder size including and excluding subfolders. Subfolders (if any) are then listed along with their sizes.

In Outlook 2010, viewing the folder size of an example Inbox and folders contained therein

5. Click "Close" to close the "Folder Size" dialog box, then click "OK" to close the "Properties" dialog box.

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Microsoft Outlook 2010 - Tired of Confirming When Deleting Items?

SUMMARY: Prevent Outlook 2010 from requiring you to confirm every time you permanently remove an item.

Even though deleted items in Microsoft Outlook 2010 such as e-mail messages and Notes are placed in the Deleted Items folder, available for un-deletion, Outlook 2010 still requires you to confirm whenever you permanently delete items from this folder.

If you tire of this extra confirmation, you can prevent Outlook 2010 from asking this question every time. Note that while the Deleted Items folder offers a partial safeguard against accidental deletion, pressing Shift while deleting an item from any folder will bypass placing items into the Deleted Items folder. If you turn the below confirmation off, there is no* second chance of recovery!

Outlook 2010 asking whether you wish to permanently delete an item

1. Select the "File" tab in the Ribbon.

2. The Microsoft Office Backstage View appears. Click the "Options" button.

(Or instead of steps 1 and 2, press Alt + F, then the letter T.)

3. The "Outlook Options" dialog box appears. Click "Advanced" in the left pane.

4. Scroll down to the "Other" section, and uncheck "Prompt for confirmation before permanently deleting items".

Configuring Outlook 2010 to not prompt you before permanently deleting an item

5. Click "OK" on the bottom-right of the dialog box to close it.

* In some cases you may be able to recover data if it is stored in backup files on your service provider's e-mail server, but it can take some work, and recovery is not guaranteed.

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