Change Personal Contacts to Main Contacts

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Elmo Watson

I moved my .pst files, etc to a new computer, since the USB ports on my
older machine stopped working, and I couldn't sync my Pocket PC.

At one time, my contacts/address book got messed up (don't remember the
details), and now all my Contacts are in 'Personal Contacts'

It's no problem in Outlook, since I can tell it where to show the names
from, but since my Pocket PC (2495) only syncs the main Contacts folder - I
get no contacts in the Pocket PC

Is there a way to move all the contacts from the Personal 'folder' to the
main 'contacts' folder?
 
(let me add, that I've done the recommended step in HELP - Importing from
Personal to Contacts - it didn't work)
 
Show your Personal contacts in phone list view, select all, drag and drop on the main Contacts folder.

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After furious head scratching, Elmo Watson asked:

| I moved my .pst files, etc to a new computer, since the USB ports on
| my older machine stopped working, and I couldn't sync my Pocket PC.
|
| At one time, my contacts/address book got messed up (don't remember
| the details), and now all my Contacts are in 'Personal Contacts'
|
| It's no problem in Outlook, since I can tell it where to show the
| names from, but since my Pocket PC (2495) only syncs the main
| Contacts folder - I get no contacts in the Pocket PC
|
| Is there a way to move all the contacts from the Personal 'folder' to
| the main 'contacts' folder?
 
Elmo Watson said:
I moved my .pst files, etc to a new computer, since the USB ports on
my older machine stopped working, and I couldn't sync my Pocket PC.
Click to expand...

You could have purchased a USB add-in card for a lot less money than a new
PC.
At one time, my contacts/address book got messed up (don't remember
the details), and now all my Contacts are in 'Personal Contacts'

It's no problem in Outlook, since I can tell it where to show the
names from, but since my Pocket PC (2495) only syncs the main
Contacts folder - I get no contacts in the Pocket PC

Is there a way to move all the contacts from the Personal 'folder' to
the main 'contacts' folder?
Click to expand...

One thing you could do is to switch your delivery location to the PST
containing the contacts. That PST will become your default folders, then.
If you don't want to do that, open the contacts folder containing the
contacts, press CTRL-A to select them all, then right-click and drag the
selection to the default Contacts folder, choosing Copy or Move and you
wish.
 
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