How to move the junk folders location

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How to move the junk folders location

Roger Ackermann 0

Move Outlook Junk mail folder back to top of list after recent software update

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Answer 1

Aymeric-B 29,780 Independent Advisor

Hello !

On the left side of your screen, you should see the folders contained in your mailbox.
Right-click on “Junk Mail” and select “Move up” or “Move down” until you reach the desired position.

Please let me know if you have any other question !

Janette Barbara White 0 Reputation points

2026-11-03T10:48:37.3733333+00:00

I tried this, I am not particularly tech minded, I did not find anything about “moving up or down”. All I saw on the left was a file icon that turned blue. The AI Answer is far too technical for me to follow.
JuliaMarvin 23,875 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-11-03T10:57:21.73+00:00

@Janette Barbara White
Please start your own thread. Do not resurrect old threads.

Answer 2

To move the Junk Email folder back to the top of the list in Outlook, you can use the MFCMAPI tool. Here are the steps to do so:

Download and install the latest version of MFCMAPI according to your Office installation (32-bit or 64-bit).
Right-click the name of your account in Outlook, select New Folder, and create a folder named something like New Junk to create a new Junk email folder at the same level as the Inbox folder.
Close all Outlook clients to ensure that only MFCMAPI can access the mailbox.
Start MFCMAPI, select Tools > Options, and ensure the MDB_ONLINE and MAPI_NO_CACHE checkboxes are selected.
Select Session > Logon to choose the Outlook profile of the affected mailbox.
Expand Root Container > Top of Information Store and locate the Inbox folder.
Find the PR_ADDITIONAL_REN_ENTRYIDS property that has the 0x36D81102 tag, which holds the IDs of several default folders, including the Junk Email folder.
Right-click the property and select Delete.
Close MFCMAPI, run Outlook.exe /ResetFolderNames, and then restart Outlook.

This process should restore the location of your Junk Email folder back to the top of the folder list.