When opening a desired folder in Outlook with explorer.CurrentFolder = folder_object_to_open) it opens, but does not jump there. I still need to scroll manually.

Question

Dear MS learn Team,

When opening a desired folder in Outlook with python

" outlook_app = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application")

explorer = outlook_app.ActiveExplorer()

explorer.CurrentFolder = folder_object_to_open"

the navigation pane does select the folder and mark it bold,

but it DOES NOT jump there. I still need to scroll manually.

When I used to do this with VBA it did refocus, but now with python I don't know how to do it.

Please let me know how to get Outlook to center navigation pane on the selected and opened folder.

Kind Regards,

Vic Q

Answer 1

First of all, thanks for engaging on this conversation!

Exactly in VBA I had a Macro which was able to look for a folder I search by words and then open it with:

Set objFolder = GetFolder(MyfTxt)

Set objOlApp.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder = objFolder

Yes, it worked, open the folder and navigation panel re-focused as desired.

But my company has remove Macros from outlook and I had to become creative using python instead:

if temp_folder_obj:
  outlook_app = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application") # Get app object
  explorer = outlook_app.ActiveExplorer()

  # Check if the stored folder object is still valid
  try:
      _ = temp_folder_obj.Name # Access a property to check validity
      folder_object_to_open = temp_folder_obj # It's valid, use it
  except pythoncom.com_error:
       # Object likely invalid, try resolving by path again
        .......

  # Navigate in Outlook if we have a valid object
  if folder_object_to_open:
        explorer.CurrentFolder = folder_object_to_open
        window['-STATUS-'].update(f'Opened: {selected_path}')
        sg.popup_quick_message(f'Navigated to: {selected_path}', auto_close_duration=3) #, location=window.current_location())
  else:
        # This means re-resolving also failed
        raise Exception("Could not re-validate or resolve folder object.")

in python explorer.CurrectFolder = folder_object_to_open

does open the folder and I can see all the emails in the Folder, but the navigation pane does not re-focus, forcing me to scroll down the many folders until I recognized the open folder in "bold"

Looking forward for your feedback.

Regards,

Vic