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jayponn75
Copper Contributor
May 25, 2020

Folder Pane cannot decrease the width

Hello, With the recent Windows 10 update, my Outlook 365 folder pane width has changed, width has increased and cannot be decreased. Is anyone facing this issue? I googled for help but no one has an...
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ChristianBergstrom
Silver Contributor
May 30, 2020

Diane_Poremsky_MVP Hello Diane! Yes, when the screenshoot was attached it became clear that it's not a profile issue. Thanks for the info and the reg. keys to revert. So typically MS that you have to edit the registry to "fix it" and not particular user-friendly either.

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Diane_Poremsky_MVP
MVP
May 30, 2020

ChristianBergstrom You need to edit the registry pretty much every time you restart outlook until they fix the problem.  Those keys are set when office "calls home" - so it might work for couple of restarts then not. 

 

It's not whether the fix is user-friendly as its not one Microsoft would recommend. It's a hack until they fix it. Nothing more. 

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    ChristianBergstrom
    Silver Contributor
    May 30, 2020

    Diane_Poremsky_MVP Thanks for the heads up Diane, even though the "folder space" does not bother me I am going to try it later! By the way, not my intention if the previous reply had a negative tone. It was just me thinking out loud 🙂

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      rpodric
      Bronze Contributor
      Nov 06, 2021
      If the "hack" stopped working for anyone else in recent builds, any other bright ideas? Theory: another part of the Registry (not one of the Experiments) matters now for the newer builds (only).

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