Cannot Access Shared Contacts Folder In Outlook 2010 VB.Net

Question

Im creating outlook add-in and I am having problems getting into Shared folder using vb.net.

I have tried

contactsFolder = ns.Folders.Item("Shared Contacts")

and

contactsFolder = ns.Folders.Item("Public Folders")

still have no way of accessing it. can someone help me please. I keep getting error:

The attempted operation failed.  An object could not be found.

Answer 1

Since you are using a shared folder, the folder must not exist in the default Store. You probably need to enumerate Session.Stores (ns.Stores). See related SO post for code example.