How to move the MailEssentials Public Folders to a sub-folder

Answer

Note: The procedure below is only valid when the GFI MailEssentials Public Folders are accessed via MAPI (Exchange 2003).   You cannot move the public folders to a sub-folder in Exchange 2007 or newer.
 

Follow this procedure to move the GFI MailEssentials Public Folders to a sub-folder:

1. Close the GFI MailEssentials configuration
2. Stop the GFI MailEssentials services and the IIS Admin service. Take note of any dependency services which are stopped
3. From the GFI MailEssentials directory, locate the file strings.xml and make a backup copy of this file
4. Open Strings.xml in notepad or another text editor > Right click it > View source
5. Find the section <string id="ids_rootfolder">
6. Alter the string ids found in this section as required
   
   Example:
   <string id="ids_rootfolder">GFI AntiSpam Folders</string>
   
   would be changed to
   <string id="ids_rootfolder">Company 1 Folder/GFI AntiSpam Folders 2</string>
    
7. Save the changes
8. Re-start the services stopped in Step 2

IMPORTANT:

• Only the text marked in bold should be changed. The rest of the text should not be changed
• When you upgrade GFI MailEssentials, strings.xml will be replaced
• You will need to manually edit this file each time you upgrade
• Strings.xml is a very important file for GFI MailEssentials. Incorrect use of this file will result in malfunctioning of GFI MailEssentials.
• Should you notice any strange behavior, you should revert to the backed up strings.xml

More Information:

Moving the GFI MailEssentials Public Folders to a sub-folder is required if GFI MailEssentials is installed in 2 different locations, with 1 Exchange server, and both locations would like to use the Public Folders.