Synchronize Outlook with FolderShare
If you have to use Microsoft Outlook on more than one computer you may want to keep the data synchronized to always work with the latest emails. This is something that can't be accomplished in Outlook which means that we have to rely on third party tools to synchronize the mails between several Outlook installations.
One way to sync mails between different Outlook clients is to use a free software called Folder Share which helps you synchronize files and folders using peer to peer connections. This essentially means that you can use it to sync any data and not only the data from Outlook.
FolderShare has to be installed on all computers that you use and one account has to be created as well if you do not have one already. The software will ask you during installation if you have an account, if you select No it will automatically ask for registration. You can later on use the data from that account on the other computers as well.
You do need to install FolderShare to at least two computers to be able to sync files which should be pretty obvious. Once it is installed on two computers you click on the 'Sync My Folders' button on the master computer and navigate to your Outlook.pst file which can be found in C:\ Documents and Settings\ USERNAME\ Local Settings\ Application Data\ Microsoft\ Outlook if you kept the default path.
Now create a new folder for each other device that you want to sync and name it accordingly (Outlook Sync perhaps). You can select to automatically synchronize the data which is recommended. FolderShare needs to be running on at least two devices to sync the data.
Update: Foldershare has been bought by Microsoft and integrated into Windows Live products. The program is not available anymore as a standalone software to synchronize Microsoft Outlook.
An alternative that you have at your disposal is to connect only IMAP accounts to Outlook instead of Pop3. While this may not always be possible, depending on whether that is supported by the email provider. IMAP mails (both incoming and outgoing) are stored on the server so that they are accessible by any client or version of Outlook that you connect with regardless of location or time you do so.
If IMAP is not supported, you can use file synchronization software such as Dropbox or SkyDrive to sync your Outlook PST file across systems. You do need to modify the location of the PST file in Outlook on the other hand so that all versions of Outlook load it automatically on start.
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It is Mozilla Thunderbird.
Awesome! This actually solved my problem… what a stupid bug.
If this is the same bug that I’ve encountered, there may be another fix: (1) hover over open Outlook item in Taskbar, cursor up to hover over Outlook window item, and right-click; (2) this should give you Restore / Move / Size / Minimize / Maximize — choose Move or Size; (3) use your cursor keys, going arbitrarily N/S/E/W, to try to move or size the Outlook window back into view. Basically, the app behaves as though it were open in a 0x0 window, or at a location that’s offscreen, and this will frequently work to resize and/or move the window. Don’t forget to close while resized/moved, so that Outlook remembers the size/position for next time.
THANK YOU Claude!!! I could get the main window to launch but could not get any other message window to show on the desktop. You are my hero!!!!
Solved my issue! 6 years later and this is still problem…
Fantastic. Thank you. Size did the trick.
This solved my Outlook problem, too. Thank you. :)
Thank you so much, this started happening to me today and was causing big problems. You are a life saver, I hope I can help you in some way some day.
You are a god – thank you!
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Yah…thanks Claude. I’ve been having the same problem and tried all the suggestions…your solution was the answer. It had resized itself to a 0/0 box. Cheers
Excellent post. This had me baffled even trying to accurately describe the problem. This fixed it for me.
Thank you
Thanks a lot for the article. Don’t know why it happenend, don’t know how it got fixed, but it was really annoying and now it works :-)
Thanks a lot. I was facing this issue from past 3 week. I tried everything but no resolution. The issue was happening intermittently and mainly when I was changing the display of screen ( as i use 2 monitors). The only option i had was to do system restore. But thanks to you.
I’ve been tried to sole this problem for 12hours. Your comment about changing the display of screen helped me a lot!! Thanks!!
Thank you…don’t know why this happened but your instructions helped me fix it. Running Windows 10 and office pro 2007
Great tip! Thanks!
Worked for me, too – thank you!!!
It’s Worked for me, too
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I had a similar issue with Outlook 2013 on Windows 10 and this helped me to fix it. Thank you very much!
Thank you so much. Solved!
Considering you published this in 2012, incredible not been debugged by Microsoft.
Thank you again. M
This problem was faced by only one user logging to TS 2008 r2 using outlook 2010.The issue was resolved.
Thanks.
Great tip. Thank you!!!! If it helps, I had to use the Control Key and the arrow keys at the same time to bring my window back into view. Worked like a charm.
Thank you, this worked !!!!
Man, you are a fucking god. Thanks a lot, what an annoying bug!!
Awesome, this post solved the issue. Many thanks!