Copy Folder Structure from Explorer into Outlook 2013

Question

Hi,
I have just spent approx 3 months designing an Enterprise Classification Scheme, and built a folder structure in Explorer that I want to replicate in Outlook.
I thought it would have been as simple as copy and pasting from Explorer to an Outlook folder however when I attempt to do so I get the following error:
"Only files or objects can be attachments. x:\xxxx\xxxxx\xxxxx is a folder structure and cannot be attached."
Surely there must be a simple way of doing this so I don't have to manually recreate and name 442 folders in Outlook.
Any advice greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I tried the Outlook tool with no luck.  It ran and looked as though it was doing something but no folders were created.
I did a bit more of a search around and came across a spreadsheet that works perfectly for making folder structures on Network drives.  Anyone up to having a look at the VBA in the  spreadsheet and modifying it to make shared folders in outlook
2013?
Sub CreateFolderStructure()
'Create folder for all vlues in current sheet
'folders will be created in folder where the excel file was saved
'folders will be created from first row, first column, until empty row is found
'Example expected cell structure: (data starting in current sheet, column A, row 1)
'folder1    subfolder1  subsubfolder1
'folder2
'folder3    subfolder3
'           subfolder4
'this will result in:
'<currentpath>\folder1\subfolder1\subsubfolder1
'<currentpath>\folder2
'<currentpath>\folder3\subfolder3
'<currentpath>\folder3\subfolder4
    baseFolder = BrowseForFolder
    If (baseFolder = False) Then
        Exit Sub
    End If
    Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    For iRow = 2 To 6500
        pathToCreate = baseFolder
        leafFound = False
        For iColumn = 1 To 6500
            currValue = Trim(Replace(Replace(Replace(Replace(Replace(Replace(Replace(Replace(Replace(Worksheets(ActiveCell.Worksheet.Name).Cells(iRow, iColumn).Value, ":", "-"), "*", "-"),
"?", "-"), Chr(34), "-"), "<", "-"), ">", "-"), "|", "-"), "/", "-"), "\", "-"))
            Worksheets(ActiveCell.Worksheet.Name).Cells(iRow, iColumn).Value = currValue
            If (currValue = "" And leafFound) Then
                Exit For
            ElseIf (currValue = "") Then
                parentFolder = FindParentFolder(iRow, iColumn)
                If (parentFolder = False) Then
                    Exit For
                Else
                    pathToCreate = pathToCreate & "\" & parentFolder
                    If Not (fs.FolderExists(pathToCreate)) Then
                        CreateDirs (pathToCreate)
                    End If
                End If
            Else
                leafFound = True
                pathToCreate = pathToCreate & "\" & currValue
                If Not (fs.FolderExists(pathToCreate)) Then
                    CreateDirs (pathToCreate)
                End If
            End If
        Next
        If (leafFound = False) Then
            Exit For
        End If
    Next
End Sub
Function FindParentFolder(row, column)
    For iRow = row To 0 Step -1
        currValue = Worksheets(ActiveCell.Worksheet.Name).Cells(iRow, column).Value
        If (currValue <> "") Then
            FindParentFolder = CStr(currValue)
            Exit Function
        ElseIf (column <> 1) Then
            leftValue = Worksheets(ActiveCell.Worksheet.Name).Cells(iRow, column - 1).Value
            If (leftValue <> "") Then
                FindParentFolder = False
                Exit Function
            End If
        End If
    Next
End Function
Function BrowseForFolder(Optional OpenAt As Variant) As Variant
     'Function purpose:  To Browser for a user selected folder.
     'If the "OpenAt" path is provided, open the browser at that directory
     'NOTE:  If invalid, it will open at the Desktop level
    Dim ShellApp As Object
     'Create a file browser window at the default folder
    Set ShellApp = CreateObject("Shell.Application"). _
    BrowseForFolder(0, "Please choose a folder", 0, OpenAt)
     'Set the folder to that selected.  (On error in case cancelled)
    On Error Resume Next
    BrowseForFolder = ShellApp.self.Path
    On Error GoTo 0
     'Destroy the Shell Application
    Set ShellApp = Nothing
     'Check for invalid or non-entries and send to the Invalid error
     'handler if found
     'Valid selections can begin L: (where L is a letter) or
     '\\ (as in \\servername\sharename.  All others are invalid
    Select Case Mid(BrowseForFolder, 2, 1)
    Case Is = ":"
        If Left(BrowseForFolder, 1) = ":" Then GoTo Invalid
    Case Is = "\"
        If Not Left(BrowseForFolder, 1) = "\" Then GoTo Invalid
    Case Else
        GoTo Invalid
    End Select
    Exit Function
Invalid:
     'If it was determined that the selection was invalid, set to False
    BrowseForFolder = False
End Function
Sub CreateDirs(MyDirName)
' This subroutine creates multiple folders like CMD.EXE's internal MD command.
' By default VBScript can only create one level of folders at a time (blows
' up otherwise!).
' Argument:
' MyDirName   [string]   folder(s) to be created, single or
'                        multi level, absolute or relative,
'                        "d:\folder\subfolder" format or UNC
' Written by Todd Reeves
' Modified by Rob van der Woude
' http://www.robvanderwoude.com
    Dim arrDirs, i, idxFirst, objFSO, strDir, strDirBuild
    ' Create a file system object
    Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    ' Convert relative to absolute path
    strDir = objFSO.GetAbsolutePathName(MyDirName)
    ' Split a multi level path in its "components"
    arrDirs = Split(strDir, "\")
    ' Check if the absolute path is UNC or not
    If Left(strDir, 2) = "\\" Then
        strDirBuild = "\\" & arrDirs(2) & "\" & arrDirs(3) & "\"
        idxFirst = 4
    Else
        strDirBuild = arrDirs(0) & "\"
        idxFirst = 1
    End If
    ' Check each (sub)folder and create it if it doesn't exist
    For i = idxFirst To UBound(arrDirs)
        strDirBuild = objFSO.BuildPath(strDirBuild, arrDirs(i))
        If Not objFSO.FolderExists(strDirBuild) Then
            objFSO.CreateFolder strDirBuild
        End If
    Next
    ' Release the file system object
    Set objFSO = Nothing
End Sub