Exchange 2010 Mailbox... inbox has been moved outside of "top of information store"

Hi,

I have not tried it with Inbox, but with all other folders, you can simple "drag and drop" them. Have you tried it?

Regards,
Ivan.

Since you cannot see it in outlook I am not sure how to even try that...    We can only see it using utilities.

What happends if you start Outlook in safe mode outlook.exe /safe or with outlook.exe /cleanviews

We can try this but this issue is at the exchange level.    Meaning I don't believe its an outlook issue.    Will post back.

No change using those commands

Create New Folder call  "inbox"
copy all content from old Inbox to new Inbox

you cannot see the "inbox" so you cannot copy the messages.     And new messages are not delivered to the "new" inbox

1st, do you see the inbox?
2nd is it the same if you open OWA and view the mailbox?
3rd in outlook at the bottom click Mail > Folder (see screen shot)
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Outlook can only view folders under the folder (top of information store)... so when you open outlook there is no inbox.    This is the issue.    By using a utility we can see the inbox ... it has been moved somehow outside of this folder.     We are tying to figure out how to move it back.

If the inbox folder is truly missing then you will need to use MFCMapi to unhide the inbox folder. See the below link and follow the directions to unhide that folder. You will need to download the MFCMapi tool:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2992093/default-folder-is-missing-in-outlook-and-outlook-on-the-web

Just a note you will need to run this tool on the user's computer where outlook exists or give yourself full access to the mailbox and map the mailbox to your outlook profile and then run it. Either way, but make sure outlook is closed when using MFCMapi.

The folder is not hidden... I will attach a screen shot to help explain my issue.

When you say "Outlook can only view folders under the folder (top of information store)... so when you open outlook there is no inbox. "

That means it's hidden because you can't delete the inbox, and if you open outlook and its no where to be found, it's hidden.

You will need to use MFCMapi to restore that folder. Just following the instructions carefully and look at the property and see if it matches the MS article and if so, make the change to fix it.

See attached screen shot of a normal user then the effected user.    Notice the effected user does not have an inbox under the "top of information store" folder.     This is why outlook cannot see it.     It has been moved not hidden to a folder outside of the "top of information store"     the "root" folder that cannot be see by outlook.
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The folder is not hidden it has been moved.   The very article you refer to says to look for the folder under "top of information store"   its not there...    its been moved.   This is the issue.

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