Make “New Folder” command available missing in List settings [duplicate]

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Create a folder structure in a discussion board (1 answer)

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I got tasked to create folders in a discussion board list library in SharePoint 2013. I noticed that the option to make a new folder was grayed out, so I went to the list settings >> advanced settings and tried to find the option "Make "New Folder" command available" which was available in my Document library settings. However I could not find this option in my List Settings.

How do I enable this option? Seeing that it might be disabled or missing.

Answer 1

This might be duplicate of the Create a folder structure in a discussion board. Please have a look to this link and let me know whether this helped you.

Answer 2

You can create a folder structure in discussion boards. To do this, create a new Site Content Type say called 'Discussion Folder' based on the Folder Content Type with the Parent Content Type as a Discussion (Site Actions -> Site Settings -> Site Content Types)

Then, add the new content type (Add from existing site content types) in Discussion Boards List. You will have a new option called 'Discussion Folder' for that discussion board, by which you can create a folder. When the folder is created, simply go into that folder and add the discussions.