
MFCMapi is a low-level mailbox editing tool.
When you can’t use Outlook on the Web to achieve that, you can use MFCMAPI to manually rename the folders. The reverse of the above example might be true as well You’re using a certain language of Outlook but want to display the folders in another language. Manually renaming the folders via MFCMAPI If you want the language of the folders to be in a different language as the OWA interface, you can of course simply switch back the language of OWA after you’ve changed the language of the folder names.Ĭhanging the language of the default folders in Outlook on the Web for Microsoft 365 Exchange Online and. In OWA 2013 and later, this checkbox will only become visible after you have selected a different language.
Under language, you can set your language for OWA and have a link or checkbox to also rename the default folder to match the selected language. Select General in the left pane and then click on: Language and time. Select General in the left pane and then click on: Region and time zone. Select Settings in the left pane and then click on Regional at the top of the page. Press the Gear icon next to your profile picture in the top-right corner and at the bottom click: View all Outlook settings. Press the Gear icon next to your name in the top-right corner and choose Options. Press the Options button in the top right corner and select: See All Options… Logon to your mailbox via OWA (ask your Exchange administrator if you do not know how to do this). If you are using an Exchange (including ) account, then you can also change the language of your folders via Outlook on the Web (OWA). Changing the folder language of Exchange accounts via Outlook on the Web (OWA) Start Outlook with the /resetfoldernames switch to have the folders match the language of Outlook. Note the space in the command listed above. Start-> type outlook.exe /resetfoldernames. You can do this by starting Outlook with the /resetfoldernames switch. If you later change your installed language of Outlook, you might want to match the folder naming scheme again as well. Of course, by default, the language of the folder names will match the language of Outlook that you installed. Matching the folder names with the language of Outlook Manually renaming the folders via MFCMAPI. Changing the folder language of Exchange accounts via Outlook on the Web (OWA). Matching the folder names with the language of Outlook. Still, there are valid reason why you want to rename these folders with language differences between the folders and the Outlook interface being the most common. The reasoning behind this is mainly based on standardization and to prevent accidental renaming. The “Rename Folder” option for these folders is simply disabled (grayed out). Outlook doesn’t allow you to change the names of the default Outlook folders such as your Inbox, Sent Items, Calendar and Contacts folder.