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Old May 10th, 2010, 05:20 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Phil Rabichow[_3_]
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All of a sudden, I have duplicate accounts. One says "Contacts" & the other
says "Contacts in Personal Folders". I'm not sure how this came about.
How can I delete the latter, without using the former.
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Thank you in advance.
Phil
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Old May 10th, 2010, 11:35 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine
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Depends on your Outlook version and in what view you see this. You provided
no information.
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"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
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All of a sudden, I have duplicate accounts. One says "Contacts" & the
other says "Contacts in Personal Folders". I'm not sure how this came
about. How can I delete the latter, without using the former.
--
Thank you in advance.
Phil


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Old May 10th, 2010, 02:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Phil Rabichow[_3_]
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Default Duplicate Account in Contacts

Sorry. I have Outlook 2003 & this happens when I click on Contacts
regardless of the Current View. Under My Contacts in the Navigation Pane,
there appears "Contacts" & "Contacts in Personal Folders".

I have just noticed that if I right click "Contacts in Personal Folders",
there is an option to Delete it or to Remove it from "My Contacts". Could
you tell me the difference between these two options?
Thanks again,
--
Phil

Russ Valentine wrote:
Depends on your Outlook version and in what view you see this. You
provided no information.


Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...
All of a sudden, I have duplicate accounts. One says "Contacts" & the

other says "Contacts in Personal Folders". I'm not sure how this came
about. How can I delete the latter, without using the former.
--
Thank you in advance.
Phil

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Old May 10th, 2010, 03:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Duplicate Account in Contacts

"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...

I have just noticed that if I right click "Contacts in Personal Folders",
there is an option to Delete it or to Remove it from "My Contacts". Could
you tell me the difference between these two options?


Chosing Delete should attempt to delete the folder. Chosing Remove won't
attempt to delete the folder but will remove it from the Nav Pane "My
Contacts".section.

If you choose the Folder List vew of the Nav Pane, how many folder sets do you
see?
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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Old May 11th, 2010, 01:41 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Phil Rabichow[_3_]
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Default Duplicate Account in Contacts

Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...

I have just noticed that if I right click "Contacts in Personal
Folders", there is an option to Delete it or to Remove it from "My
Contacts". Could you tell me the difference between these two options?


Chosing Delete should attempt to delete the folder. Chosing Remove
won't attempt to delete the folder but will remove it from the Nav Pane
"My Contacts".section.

If you choose the Folder List vew of the Nav Pane, how many folder sets
do you see?


If I choose Folder List (Ctrl+6) in the Navigation Pane, I see 4 sets of
folders:
1. Personal Folders
2. Archive Folders
3. Personal Folders
4. Personal Folders

However, I can't tell if all are duplicates. e.g. in one personal folder,
Calendar appears with the correct background color that I picked. In the
other 2, the background is yellow.

I'm not sure what to do.

--
Thanks again,
Phil
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Old May 11th, 2010, 02:06 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Phil Rabichow[_3_]
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Default Duplicate Account in Contacts: possible solution?

Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...

I have just noticed that if I right click "Contacts in Personal
Folders", there is an option to Delete it or to Remove it from "My
Contacts". Could you tell me the difference between these two options?


Chosing Delete should attempt to delete the folder. Chosing Remove
won't attempt to delete the folder but will remove it from the Nav Pane
"My Contacts".section.

If you choose the Folder List vew of the Nav Pane, how many folder sets
do you see?


OK. I may have found the answer. I had copies of outlook.pst in the
application data folder for Outlook that I called "copy of outlook.pst",
"copy 2 of outlook.pst" & 3rd. I thought Outlook only looked at the one
named Outlook.pst.

I deleted the copies & reopened Outlook. It complained that it couldn't
find the server for the copies & then went back to normal.

So I guess if I want copies of outlook.pst (in case I screw something up), I
should rename the extension. Is that right?

--
Thanks again,
Phil
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Old May 11th, 2010, 02:19 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine
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Default Duplicate Account in Contacts: possible solution?

No. You never rename, delete, or move a PST file that is connected to an
Outlook profile.
If you want to back up a PST file you make a copy of it. How you ended up
with more than one PST file connected to your profile remains unexplained.
It was end user error and the end user does not remember what he did.
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Russ Valentine
"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...

I have just noticed that if I right click "Contacts in Personal
Folders", there is an option to Delete it or to Remove it from "My
Contacts". Could you tell me the difference between these two options?


Chosing Delete should attempt to delete the folder. Chosing Remove won't
attempt to delete the folder but will remove it from the Nav Pane "My
Contacts".section.

If you choose the Folder List vew of the Nav Pane, how many folder sets
do you see?


OK. I may have found the answer. I had copies of outlook.pst in the
application data folder for Outlook that I called "copy of outlook.pst",
"copy 2 of outlook.pst" & 3rd. I thought Outlook only looked at the one
named Outlook.pst.

I deleted the copies & reopened Outlook. It complained that it couldn't
find the server for the copies & then went back to normal.

So I guess if I want copies of outlook.pst (in case I screw something up),
I should rename the extension. Is that right?

--
Thanks again,
Phil


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Old May 11th, 2010, 01:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Duplicate Account in Contacts: possible solution?

"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...

I deleted the copies & reopened Outlook. It complained that it couldn't
find the server for the copies & then went back to normal.


Bad move. Next time, close them in Outlook first by right-clicking the root
and choosing Close. Then close Outlook. After that you can delete the actual
files.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

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Old May 12th, 2010, 03:08 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Bob Eyster
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Default Duplicate Account in Contacts: possible solution?

It appears to me if you want to make a "Copy of" your *.PST file just move
it to another directory then Outlook won't see it. I did this with my
Archive file and if I want Outlook to read it, I point OL to that directory.
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Bob Eyster
Windows 7 Pro 32 Bit


"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...

I have just noticed that if I right click "Contacts in Personal
Folders", there is an option to Delete it or to Remove it from "My
Contacts". Could you tell me the difference between these two options?


Chosing Delete should attempt to delete the folder. Chosing Remove won't
attempt to delete the folder but will remove it from the Nav Pane "My
Contacts".section.

If you choose the Folder List vew of the Nav Pane, how many folder sets
do you see?


OK. I may have found the answer. I had copies of outlook.pst in the
application data folder for Outlook that I called "copy of outlook.pst",
"copy 2 of outlook.pst" & 3rd. I thought Outlook only looked at the one
named Outlook.pst.

I deleted the copies & reopened Outlook. It complained that it couldn't
find the server for the copies & then went back to normal.

So I guess if I want copies of outlook.pst (in case I screw something up),
I should rename the extension. Is that right?

--
Thanks again,
Phil


  #10  
Old May 12th, 2010, 09:20 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts
Russ Valentine
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Default Duplicate Account in Contacts: possible solution?

Bad advice. You never move an Outlook data file until you have disconnected
it from the profile. Read the thread before you post.
--
Russ Valentine
"Bob Eyster" wrote in message
...
It appears to me if you want to make a "Copy of" your *.PST file just move
it to another directory then Outlook won't see it. I did this with my
Archive file and if I want Outlook to read it, I point OL to that
directory.
--

Bob Eyster
Windows 7 Pro 32 Bit


"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
"Phil Rabichow" wrote in message
...

I have just noticed that if I right click "Contacts in Personal
Folders", there is an option to Delete it or to Remove it from "My
Contacts". Could you tell me the difference between these two options?

Chosing Delete should attempt to delete the folder. Chosing Remove
won't attempt to delete the folder but will remove it from the Nav Pane
"My Contacts".section.

If you choose the Folder List vew of the Nav Pane, how many folder sets
do you see?


OK. I may have found the answer. I had copies of outlook.pst in the
application data folder for Outlook that I called "copy of outlook.pst",
"copy 2 of outlook.pst" & 3rd. I thought Outlook only looked at the one
named Outlook.pst.

I deleted the copies & reopened Outlook. It complained that it couldn't
find the server for the copies & then went back to normal.

So I guess if I want copies of outlook.pst (in case I screw something
up), I should rename the extension. Is that right?

--
Thanks again,
Phil



 




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