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Column heading row missing in Outlookk 2016 for subfolders
Finally found the solution. Under views we edited his view and unchecked "User compact layout in width smaller than 125 characters" and this put the header row back in. This was checked by default. I am not sure if this is something that has changed or just some oddity. (see print screen below) Regardless this allowed the header row to come back.
Have you tried to start Outlook in Safe Mode (outlook.exe /safe)? Does the row appear?
Finally found the solution. Under views we edited his view and unchecked "User compact layout in width smaller than 125 characters" and this put the header row back in. This was checked by default. I am not sure if this is something that has changed or just some oddity. (see print screen below) Regardless this allowed the header row to come back.
- Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! It's 2021 now and yet my most recent update did this exactly thing to my columns in my subfolders. Then I saw your answer here, and it worked perfectly. It saves me HOURS of sorting through hundreds of emails per day, now that I have my columns back. Thank you! 🙂
Becky Martin Great find. Really helped me out. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Thank you Thank you. I have been searching for this FOREVER!!! You are a gem!
Thank You Becky Martin . I got an update to office and outlook defaulted to this funky view. This really helped!
Becky MartinThanks - really helpful
OMG! I've spent hours and hours trying to figure this out. Thank goodness I found this page! All fixed.
This saved me tooBecky Martin! I would add one very important additional step. When you uncheck 'User compact layout in width smaller than 125 characters' you must ensure that 'Always Use Single Line Layout' is checked. Outlook automatically selected the 'Always Use Compact Layout' checkbox for me, which of course is the very thing we're trying to remove!
Thanks for helping me fix this annoyance.
I am having the same issue: column header disappeared with 2 out 3 email accounts. Add/remove columns is not the issue. The above description of the problem is mine exactly, but I cannot get the two email address to reset. Any other ideas? Thanks for any help you can give.
