When releasing the mouse button, you’ll get a context menu asking you to copy or move the selected items or folder. To get more control over this and to make sure the right action is being selected, you can use the right mouse button instead of the left mouse button (for a default configured right-handed mouse) to drag and drop. Drag & drop via right mouse button instead This can lead to a confusing situation where you’ll see an item being moved from your own Mailbox to a Public folder, but when you decide to move it back, it is copied instead. In Outlook the drag and drop behavior is to always move the item (so even between separate mailboxes and pst-files) unless the source is a public location such as a Public Folder or SharePoint List. In Windows the drag and drop behavior is to move the file when it remains on the same disk and to copy it when its new location is on another disk. Different drag & drop behavior in Windows and Outlook Knowing the differences in behavior or how to control the move or copy action is a very useful skill. Some of these errors are caused by not knowing what will happen Will the item be moved or will a copy be created? How can I get more control over this and find out in advance if they will get copied or moved?Īlthough drag & drop is a quick way to get a lot of things done in Office and Windows, it sometimes can be very error-prone indeed. OutlookTempCleaner can detect and empty Outlook’s Secure Temp folder automatically for you.Sometimes when I use drag and drop to organize emails they are being moved and at other times they are being copied.Īlso, sometimes I drop them on the wrong folder (I've got a shaky hand) and then have to undo before trying again. OutlookTempCleaner focuses only on dealing with the SecureTempFolder and can also be used in (corporate) login and logoff scripts to clean up the folder without any end-user interaction. OutlookTools offers besides locating, opening and cleaning up the SecureTempFolder also quite a lot of additional features to troubleshoot and tweak Outlook. Still not easy enough or just don’t want to go in the Registry to find the folder location? I’ve created two free tools which can do the trick as well. Paste the found path in the address bar of File Explorer to easily get to the folder.
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