I have a new computer with Outlook 2007. Being newly retired I am doing all
my own computer setting up. Half the battle seems to be getting rid of all
the garbage they download that clutters up your computer. I am trying to get
totally rid of the RSS feeds which I simply don't want, but the option to
delete the folder is greyed out. Do I just have to live with this pollution?

You can't delete the default folders.

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Why am I stuck with the RSS Feeds folder? I don't use it and don't like
losing all that room to the folders I don't need, like Junk Mail, Journal and
Notes. Now I am saddled with one MORE useless folder. I already lose WAY too
much viewing space from the Folder List, All Folders, and All Outlook Items
bars above my folders, as well as the block below the folder list (I think
Microsoft calls it a Navigation Pane, I call it a Pain that takes up useful
real screen estate). In fact, the newer the Outlook, the harder it is for me
to make it useful and readable. The first time I opened Outlook 2007, I
wondered how I was supposed to be able to see anything in my Inbox. All the
computer makers now have the resolution set to microscopic because there is
no other way to see everything in newer...

My laptop has a 12.1" screen and I don't have a problem seeing my folders.
Did you slide the navigation buttons down?
http://www.xsolive.com/Outlook%%20Screen%%20shots/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=31

If you use group policy you can disable the RSS ability - but you'll need to
make a new PST if you don't want the RSS folders, you can't delete the
folder. Download the outlook adm file from the ORK.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490141.aspx

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If you don't want to see the nav pane, turn it off. Click View and uncheck
"Navigation Pane".

Amen, what a complete waste of my precious screen space... I can't believe
this stuff clutters my personal folders... obviously Diane, you organize your
Outlook differently than Sean TnT and the default (could do without people
questioning that people really have the problem they are describing). I
can't see all of my storage email folders because of all these useless
default folders I don't use and can't hide... why not let me hide them?

"Sean TnT" wrote:

you need to apply group policy before the pst is created to prevent their
creation.

The RSS folder takes up 1 line so its not wasting much space - other things
(like large buttons in the nav pane) waste a lot more.

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