INFO: Entry IDs of Outlook Special Folders (171670)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Extended Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI)
Microsoft Outlook 2000
Microsoft Outlook 97
Microsoft Outlook 98

This article was previously published under Q171670

SUMMARY

The entry ID of each of the special folders created by Outlook (Calendar, Contacts, Journal, Notes, Tasks and Drafts) is stored in property on the Inbox folder of the message store. These same properties are also stored on the root folder of the message store.

MORE INFORMATION

Below is a list of the special folders and their corresponding property tags on the Inbox folder:

Folder       Property ID    Property Type   Property Tag
---------    -----------    -------------   ------------
Calendar       0x36D0         PT_BINARY      0x36D00102
Contacts       0x36D1         PT_BINARY      0x36D10102
Journal        0x36D2         PT_BINARY      0x36D20102
Notes          0x36D3         PT_BINARY      0x36D30102
Tasks          0x36D4         PT_BINARY      0x36D40102
Drafts         0x36D7         PT_BINARY      0x36D70102

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	8/18/2005
Keywords:	kbinfo kbMsg KB171670