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  #1  
Old May 24th, 2004, 11:54 AM
John Venables
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Default Contact Customisation

Hiya, I am a new user of Outlook 2003 and am trying to
figure out how to setup my contacts....The contact view
shows I have 2 Contact lists under My Contacts. I have
Contacts and Contacts in Personal Folders. Both of these
locations have the same contacts. How do I change it so
that only my contacts in personal folders are shown and
also that the other one is deleted to free up space..As I
am assuming I only need the one section
  #2  
Old May 24th, 2004, 03:23 PM
John Venables
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Hi, As a quick update, it seems that my calendar uses,
any dates for Birthdays & Anniversaries from my contacts
in personal folders...

Therefore what I would like to do, is have calendar &
contacts referencing my personal folder. Only thing I am
not sure of, is that I sync my PDA via activesync & I
cant tell which calendar/Contacts it uses..

Any help would be appreciated


-----Original Message-----
Hiya, I am a new user of Outlook 2003 and am trying to
figure out how to setup my contacts....The contact view
shows I have 2 Contact lists under My Contacts. I have
Contacts and Contacts in Personal Folders. Both of these
locations have the same contacts. How do I change it so
that only my contacts in personal folders are shown and
also that the other one is deleted to free up space..As

I
am assuming I only need the one section
.

  #3  
Old May 24th, 2004, 10:53 PM
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Contact Customisation

You've left out too much information for anyone to help you.
Outlook does not show two Contacts Folders unless you've configured it to do
so, even if you did so inadvertently. Tell us how you did this. I'm
suspicious you migrated data incorrectly.
How many Personal Folders Files do you have in this profile?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Venables" wrote in message
...
Hiya, I am a new user of Outlook 2003 and am trying to
figure out how to setup my contacts....The contact view
shows I have 2 Contact lists under My Contacts. I have
Contacts and Contacts in Personal Folders. Both of these
locations have the same contacts. How do I change it so
that only my contacts in personal folders are shown and
also that the other one is deleted to free up space..As I
am assuming I only need the one section



  #4  
Old May 25th, 2004, 11:55 AM
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Default Contact Customisation

Hi,

I may have done exactly as you stated. I only have one
contacts that are labelled Personal Folders.

I am not sure where I went wrong...


-----Original Message-----
You've left out too much information for anyone to help

you.
Outlook does not show two Contacts Folders unless you've

configured it to do
so, even if you did so inadvertently. Tell us how you

did this. I'm
suspicious you migrated data incorrectly.
How many Personal Folders Files do you have in this

profile?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Venables"

wrote in message
...
Hiya, I am a new user of Outlook 2003 and am trying to
figure out how to setup my contacts....The contact view
shows I have 2 Contact lists under My Contacts. I have
Contacts and Contacts in Personal Folders. Both of

these
locations have the same contacts. How do I change it so
that only my contacts in personal folders are shown and
also that the other one is deleted to free up

space..As I
am assuming I only need the one section



.

  #5  
Old May 25th, 2004, 12:05 PM
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Contact Customisation

Let's make sure that is the case, first. Your post is confusing. I don't
know what you mean by Contacts labeled Personal Folders.
Use the Folder List view (icon at the bottom of the Navigation Pane) to
display your entire Folder tree.
How many sets of Personal Folders (also called "Outlook Today")?
How many Contact Folders?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
Hi,

I may have done exactly as you stated. I only have one
contacts that are labelled Personal Folders.

I am not sure where I went wrong...


-----Original Message-----
You've left out too much information for anyone to help

you.
Outlook does not show two Contacts Folders unless you've

configured it to do
so, even if you did so inadvertently. Tell us how you

did this. I'm
suspicious you migrated data incorrectly.
How many Personal Folders Files do you have in this

profile?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Venables"

wrote in message
...
Hiya, I am a new user of Outlook 2003 and am trying to
figure out how to setup my contacts....The contact view
shows I have 2 Contact lists under My Contacts. I have
Contacts and Contacts in Personal Folders. Both of

these
locations have the same contacts. How do I change it so
that only my contacts in personal folders are shown and
also that the other one is deleted to free up

space..As I
am assuming I only need the one section



.



  #6  
Old May 25th, 2004, 12:57 PM
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Default Contact Customisation

okay, there is quite a few folders. In order of tree
listing

Personal folders
Mailbox - John Venables
Personal Folders
Public Folders

Regards

John
-----Original Message-----
Let's make sure that is the case, first. Your post is

confusing. I don't
know what you mean by Contacts labeled Personal Folders.
Use the Folder List view (icon at the bottom of the

Navigation Pane) to
display your entire Folder tree.
How many sets of Personal Folders (also called "Outlook

Today")?
How many Contact Folders?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
Hi,

I may have done exactly as you stated. I only have one
contacts that are labelled Personal Folders.

I am not sure where I went wrong...


-----Original Message-----
You've left out too much information for anyone to

help
you.
Outlook does not show two Contacts Folders unless

you've
configured it to do
so, even if you did so inadvertently. Tell us how you

did this. I'm
suspicious you migrated data incorrectly.
How many Personal Folders Files do you have in this

profile?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Venables"

wrote in message
...
Hiya, I am a new user of Outlook 2003 and am trying

to
figure out how to setup my contacts....The contact

view
shows I have 2 Contact lists under My Contacts. I

have
Contacts and Contacts in Personal Folders. Both of

these
locations have the same contacts. How do I change

it so
that only my contacts in personal folders are shown

and
also that the other one is deleted to free up

space..As I
am assuming I only need the one section


.



.

  #7  
Old May 25th, 2004, 10:16 PM
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Posts: n/a
Default Contact Customisation

This is getting more troubling all the time. Apparently you are using an
Exchange mailbox as your information store. Why do you also have 2 sets of
Personal Folders in your Profile? Most Exchange administrators prefer not to
use Personal Folders with Exchange.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
okay, there is quite a few folders. In order of tree
listing

Personal folders
Mailbox - John Venables
Personal Folders
Public Folders

Regards

John
-----Original Message-----
Let's make sure that is the case, first. Your post is

confusing. I don't
know what you mean by Contacts labeled Personal Folders.
Use the Folder List view (icon at the bottom of the

Navigation Pane) to
display your entire Folder tree.
How many sets of Personal Folders (also called "Outlook

Today")?
How many Contact Folders?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
Hi,

I may have done exactly as you stated. I only have one
contacts that are labelled Personal Folders.

I am not sure where I went wrong...


-----Original Message-----
You've left out too much information for anyone to

help
you.
Outlook does not show two Contacts Folders unless

you've
configured it to do
so, even if you did so inadvertently. Tell us how you
did this. I'm
suspicious you migrated data incorrectly.
How many Personal Folders Files do you have in this
profile?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Venables"
wrote in message
...
Hiya, I am a new user of Outlook 2003 and am trying

to
figure out how to setup my contacts....The contact

view
shows I have 2 Contact lists under My Contacts. I

have
Contacts and Contacts in Personal Folders. Both of
these
locations have the same contacts. How do I change

it so
that only my contacts in personal folders are shown

and
also that the other one is deleted to free up
space..As I
am assuming I only need the one section


.



.



  #8  
Old May 26th, 2004, 09:26 AM
John Venables
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Posts: n/a
Default Contact Customisation

Hi,

I usually download my mail to my laptop rather than
keeping it on the server... I understand I seem to have
made a real mess of this, would you be able to help me
set it up to tidy everything up. I sync my pda calendar,
contacts & email from my outlook on my laptop to my
PDA...Not sure what i need to do to sort all this...

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

John
-----Original Message-----
This is getting more troubling all the time. Apparently

you are using an
Exchange mailbox as your information store. Why do you

also have 2 sets of
Personal Folders in your Profile? Most Exchange

administrators prefer not to
use Personal Folders with Exchange.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
okay, there is quite a few folders. In order of tree
listing

Personal folders
Mailbox - John Venables
Personal Folders
Public Folders

Regards

John
-----Original Message-----
Let's make sure that is the case, first. Your post is

confusing. I don't
know what you mean by Contacts labeled Personal

Folders.
Use the Folder List view (icon at the bottom of the

Navigation Pane) to
display your entire Folder tree.
How many sets of Personal Folders (also

called "Outlook
Today")?
How many Contact Folders?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
Hi,

I may have done exactly as you stated. I only have

one
contacts that are labelled Personal Folders.

I am not sure where I went wrong...


-----Original Message-----
You've left out too much information for anyone to

help
you.
Outlook does not show two Contacts Folders unless

you've
configured it to do
so, even if you did so inadvertently. Tell us how

you
did this. I'm
suspicious you migrated data incorrectly.
How many Personal Folders Files do you have in this
profile?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Venables"


wrote in message
...
Hiya, I am a new user of Outlook 2003 and am

trying
to
figure out how to setup my contacts....The

contact
view
shows I have 2 Contact lists under My Contacts. I

have
Contacts and Contacts in Personal Folders. Both

of
these
locations have the same contacts. How do I change

it so
that only my contacts in personal folders are

shown
and
also that the other one is deleted to free up
space..As I
am assuming I only need the one section


.



.



.

  #9  
Old May 26th, 2004, 11:13 AM
Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]
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Posts: n/a
Default Contact Customisation

It is not necessary to have a Personal Folders file when running against
Exchange, let alone 2 of them. How did those get there?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Venables" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I usually download my mail to my laptop rather than
keeping it on the server... I understand I seem to have
made a real mess of this, would you be able to help me
set it up to tidy everything up. I sync my pda calendar,
contacts & email from my outlook on my laptop to my
PDA...Not sure what i need to do to sort all this...

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

John
-----Original Message-----
This is getting more troubling all the time. Apparently

you are using an
Exchange mailbox as your information store. Why do you

also have 2 sets of
Personal Folders in your Profile? Most Exchange

administrators prefer not to
use Personal Folders with Exchange.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
okay, there is quite a few folders. In order of tree
listing

Personal folders
Mailbox - John Venables
Personal Folders
Public Folders

Regards

John
-----Original Message-----
Let's make sure that is the case, first. Your post is
confusing. I don't
know what you mean by Contacts labeled Personal

Folders.
Use the Folder List view (icon at the bottom of the
Navigation Pane) to
display your entire Folder tree.
How many sets of Personal Folders (also

called "Outlook
Today")?
How many Contact Folders?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
Hi,

I may have done exactly as you stated. I only have

one
contacts that are labelled Personal Folders.

I am not sure where I went wrong...


-----Original Message-----
You've left out too much information for anyone to
help
you.
Outlook does not show two Contacts Folders unless
you've
configured it to do
so, even if you did so inadvertently. Tell us how

you
did this. I'm
suspicious you migrated data incorrectly.
How many Personal Folders Files do you have in this
profile?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Venables"


wrote in message
...
Hiya, I am a new user of Outlook 2003 and am

trying
to
figure out how to setup my contacts....The

contact
view
shows I have 2 Contact lists under My Contacts. I
have
Contacts and Contacts in Personal Folders. Both

of
these
locations have the same contacts. How do I change
it so
that only my contacts in personal folders are

shown
and
also that the other one is deleted to free up
space..As I
am assuming I only need the one section


.



.



.



  #10  
Old May 26th, 2004, 11:24 AM
John
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Default Contact Customisation

Hi,
The only thing I can think of for one of them, is the
fact that I added a new datafile temporarily to look at
some old email & the other one I assume is because when I
installed Outlook 2003, that I linked my account to my
PST file stored on my laptop...

How do I go about getting rid of everything, but keep one
set of contacts and calendar.....So that my PDa will sync
with it..

Regards

-----Original Message-----
It is not necessary to have a Personal Folders file when

running against
Exchange, let alone 2 of them. How did those get there?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Venables"

wrote in message
...
Hi,

I usually download my mail to my laptop rather than
keeping it on the server... I understand I seem to have
made a real mess of this, would you be able to help me
set it up to tidy everything up. I sync my pda

calendar,
contacts & email from my outlook on my laptop to my
PDA...Not sure what i need to do to sort all this...

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards

John
-----Original Message-----
This is getting more troubling all the time.

Apparently
you are using an
Exchange mailbox as your information store. Why do you

also have 2 sets of
Personal Folders in your Profile? Most Exchange

administrators prefer not to
use Personal Folders with Exchange.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in message
...
okay, there is quite a few folders. In order of tree
listing

Personal folders
Mailbox - John Venables
Personal Folders
Public Folders

Regards

John
-----Original Message-----
Let's make sure that is the case, first. Your post

is
confusing. I don't
know what you mean by Contacts labeled Personal

Folders.
Use the Folder List view (icon at the bottom of the
Navigation Pane) to
display your entire Folder tree.
How many sets of Personal Folders (also

called "Outlook
Today")?
How many Contact Folders?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
wrote in

message
...
Hi,

I may have done exactly as you stated. I only

have
one
contacts that are labelled Personal Folders.

I am not sure where I went wrong...


-----Original Message-----
You've left out too much information for anyone

to
help
you.
Outlook does not show two Contacts Folders

unless
you've
configured it to do
so, even if you did so inadvertently. Tell us

how
you
did this. I'm
suspicious you migrated data incorrectly.
How many Personal Folders Files do you have in

this
profile?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"John Venables"


wrote in message
...
Hiya, I am a new user of Outlook 2003 and am

trying
to
figure out how to setup my contacts....The

contact
view
shows I have 2 Contact lists under My

Contacts. I
have
Contacts and Contacts in Personal Folders.

Both
of
these
locations have the same contacts. How do I

change
it so
that only my contacts in personal folders are

shown
and
also that the other one is deleted to free up
space..As I
am assuming I only need the one section


.



.



.



.

 




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