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I'm maintaining an Outlook 2010 addin produced by my company. Some of our clients have reported that spurious folders named &Dont prompt me about this again., &Dont prompt me about this again.1, &Dont prompt me about this again.2, etc. are appearing. I was able to duplicate this issue by creating a new PST file; each time I re-open Outlook, a new folder is created.

Some research indicates that people have reported similar issues with Outlook Social Connector and the Norton Antispam Outlook Addin. I verified that neither of the above is causing our issue. It seems to me that this is an issue among Outlook add-ins. Is there something we can do to fix it in our Outlook add-in?

Chris
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  • Seems to me like whoever "produced" that addin at your company had some bad intentions. – Shiva Dec 20 '13 at 17:55
  • Hah. I don't think that's it at all. This seems to be a common issue with Outlook 2010 add-ins. – Chris Dec 20 '13 at 18:03
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    You're right. I found a couple of reports on Microsoft Support and Technet. No solution though in either of those posts unfortunately. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-outlook/dont-prompt-me-about-this-again/1c049173-41d6-42bd-b319-5670704eba6e – Shiva Dec 20 '13 at 18:22

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When you execute the method 'GetDefaultFolder' with any value, if the folder doesn't exist in the new .pst file, the Outlook create it:

    Outlook.NameSpace ns = OutlookApp.Session;
    Outlook.Store store = ns.Stores[1];
    store.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderDrafts);

Sometimes, for no reason, the Outlook creates strange folders, like in my question: Outlook.Store.GetDefaultFolder creates a stranger folder

I'm still dont understand why...

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