Duplicate Contact List

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I have 3 Contact Lists in my Outlook 2003. One is completely blank and I
want to remove it but don't know how. One list is titled Contacts in
Personal Folder and then 2 others named just "contacts" One contact list and
the personal folder contact list contain information and one is blank. How
do I get them to all merge or delete the blank one? Thanks for any help
 
You'll have to post more accurately for anyone to help you in a newsgroup.
We could have no idea what you might mean by the term "Contact List." State
clearly what you mean and precisely where you are seeing these "duplicate"
lists. For extra credit, you could even include the steps you used to create
this mess.
 
When I go into outlook 2003 and I click on my Contacts tab I get a screen
that says My Contacts at the left and below that is Current View. Directly
under the My Contacts I have 3 items that I can click on - one says Contacts
in Personal Folder. If I click that I get a list of my contacts that I have
input. Below that I have two more "contacts" listed. If I click on one of
the contacts it too opens a list of contacts to the right. The third contact
item if clicked on is blank. I want to either combine these three lists or
delete two of them and I do not know how to do that. Sorry for the inacurate
post before I've never done this. Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
You'll have to post more accurately for anyone to help you in a newsgroup.
We could have no idea what you might mean by the term "Contact List." State
clearly what you mean and precisely where you are seeing these "duplicate"
lists. For extra credit, you could even include the steps you used to create
this mess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
I have 3 Contact Lists in my Outlook 2003. One is completely blank and I
want to remove it but don't know how. One list is titled Contacts in
Personal Folder and then 2 others named just "contacts" One contact list
and
the personal folder contact list contain information and one is blank.
How
do I get them to all merge or delete the blank one? Thanks for any help
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Can't you just move everything into your default Contacts Folder then delete
the other 2?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
When I go into outlook 2003 and I click on my Contacts tab I get a screen
that says My Contacts at the left and below that is Current View.
Directly
under the My Contacts I have 3 items that I can click on - one says
Contacts
in Personal Folder. If I click that I get a list of my contacts that I
have
input. Below that I have two more "contacts" listed. If I click on one
of
the contacts it too opens a list of contacts to the right. The third
contact
item if clicked on is blank. I want to either combine these three lists
or
delete two of them and I do not know how to do that. Sorry for the
inacurate
post before I've never done this. Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
You'll have to post more accurately for anyone to help you in a
newsgroup.
We could have no idea what you might mean by the term "Contact List."
State
clearly what you mean and precisely where you are seeing these
"duplicate"
lists. For extra credit, you could even include the steps you used to
create
this mess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
I have 3 Contact Lists in my Outlook 2003. One is completely blank and
I
want to remove it but don't know how. One list is titled Contacts in
Personal Folder and then 2 others named just "contacts" One contact
list
and
the personal folder contact list contain information and one is blank.
How
do I get them to all merge or delete the blank one? Thanks for any help
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Mr. Valentine~When you say "can't you just move everything?" How exactly do
you move them? I have the same problem, but I have more than 1400 names in
one list and 1200 in the other. Many of the names are duplicated. How do
you move them without individually re-entering everything from one list to
the other? Will duplicate names make a second listing which will then have
to be individually deleted? Thank you.

Russ Valentine said:
Can't you just move everything into your default Contacts Folder then delete
the other 2?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
When I go into outlook 2003 and I click on my Contacts tab I get a screen
that says My Contacts at the left and below that is Current View.
Directly
under the My Contacts I have 3 items that I can click on - one says
Contacts
in Personal Folder. If I click that I get a list of my contacts that I
have
input. Below that I have two more "contacts" listed. If I click on one
of
the contacts it too opens a list of contacts to the right. The third
contact
item if clicked on is blank. I want to either combine these three lists
or
delete two of them and I do not know how to do that. Sorry for the
inacurate
post before I've never done this. Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
You'll have to post more accurately for anyone to help you in a
newsgroup.
We could have no idea what you might mean by the term "Contact List."
State
clearly what you mean and precisely where you are seeing these
"duplicate"
lists. For extra credit, you could even include the steps you used to
create
this mess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have 3 Contact Lists in my Outlook 2003. One is completely blank and
I
want to remove it but don't know how. One list is titled Contacts in
Personal Folder and then 2 others named just "contacts" One contact
list
and
the personal folder contact list contain information and one is blank.
How
do I get them to all merge or delete the blank one? Thanks for any help
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Same as with any other program: Edit > Select All > Edit > Move to Folder...
If you think you'll have duplicates, then run a duplicate checker after you
consolidate your folders:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
Mr. Valentine~When you say "can't you just move everything?" How exactly
do
you move them? I have the same problem, but I have more than 1400 names
in
one list and 1200 in the other. Many of the names are duplicated. How do
you move them without individually re-entering everything from one list to
the other? Will duplicate names make a second listing which will then
have
to be individually deleted? Thank you.

Russ Valentine said:
Can't you just move everything into your default Contacts Folder then
delete
the other 2?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
When I go into outlook 2003 and I click on my Contacts tab I get a
screen
that says My Contacts at the left and below that is Current View.
Directly
under the My Contacts I have 3 items that I can click on - one says
Contacts
in Personal Folder. If I click that I get a list of my contacts that I
have
input. Below that I have two more "contacts" listed. If I click on
one
of
the contacts it too opens a list of contacts to the right. The third
contact
item if clicked on is blank. I want to either combine these three
lists
or
delete two of them and I do not know how to do that. Sorry for the
inacurate
post before I've never done this. Thanks.

:

You'll have to post more accurately for anyone to help you in a
newsgroup.
We could have no idea what you might mean by the term "Contact List."
State
clearly what you mean and precisely where you are seeing these
"duplicate"
lists. For extra credit, you could even include the steps you used to
create
this mess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have 3 Contact Lists in my Outlook 2003. One is completely blank
and
I
want to remove it but don't know how. One list is titled Contacts
in
Personal Folder and then 2 others named just "contacts" One contact
list
and
the personal folder contact list contain information and one is
blank.
How
do I get them to all merge or delete the blank one? Thanks for any
help
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It would be nice to be able to just delete the contacts but that is why I am
on this discussion. I cannot figure out how to do it. I can just right
click and delete because when I do on 2 of the lists there is no function to
delete the list only one of the 3 will allow me to right click with the
delete contact option - I'm stuck

Russ Valentine said:
Same as with any other program: Edit > Select All > Edit > Move to Folder...
If you think you'll have duplicates, then run a duplicate checker after you
consolidate your folders:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
Mr. Valentine~When you say "can't you just move everything?" How exactly
do
you move them? I have the same problem, but I have more than 1400 names
in
one list and 1200 in the other. Many of the names are duplicated. How do
you move them without individually re-entering everything from one list to
the other? Will duplicate names make a second listing which will then
have
to be individually deleted? Thank you.

Russ Valentine said:
Can't you just move everything into your default Contacts Folder then
delete
the other 2?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I go into outlook 2003 and I click on my Contacts tab I get a
screen
that says My Contacts at the left and below that is Current View.
Directly
under the My Contacts I have 3 items that I can click on - one says
Contacts
in Personal Folder. If I click that I get a list of my contacts that I
have
input. Below that I have two more "contacts" listed. If I click on
one
of
the contacts it too opens a list of contacts to the right. The third
contact
item if clicked on is blank. I want to either combine these three
lists
or
delete two of them and I do not know how to do that. Sorry for the
inacurate
post before I've never done this. Thanks.

:

You'll have to post more accurately for anyone to help you in a
newsgroup.
We could have no idea what you might mean by the term "Contact List."
State
clearly what you mean and precisely where you are seeing these
"duplicate"
lists. For extra credit, you could even include the steps you used to
create
this mess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have 3 Contact Lists in my Outlook 2003. One is completely blank
and
I
want to remove it but don't know how. One list is titled Contacts
in
Personal Folder and then 2 others named just "contacts" One contact
list
and
the personal folder contact list contain information and one is
blank.
How
do I get them to all merge or delete the blank one? Thanks for any
help
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Rather hard to help you when you never provided any information on how you
created such a mess, despite having been asked. I've never seen anyone mess
up a profile to the point that they couldn't even delete a Contact. State
more clearly why you can't delete a Contact and how you are trying.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
It would be nice to be able to just delete the contacts but that is why I
am
on this discussion. I cannot figure out how to do it. I can just right
click and delete because when I do on 2 of the lists there is no function
to
delete the list only one of the 3 will allow me to right click with the
delete contact option - I'm stuck

Russ Valentine said:
Same as with any other program: Edit > Select All > Edit > Move to
Folder...
If you think you'll have duplicates, then run a duplicate checker after
you
consolidate your folders:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
Mr. Valentine~When you say "can't you just move everything?" How
exactly
do
you move them? I have the same problem, but I have more than 1400
names
in
one list and 1200 in the other. Many of the names are duplicated. How
do
you move them without individually re-entering everything from one list
to
the other? Will duplicate names make a second listing which will then
have
to be individually deleted? Thank you.

:

Can't you just move everything into your default Contacts Folder then
delete
the other 2?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I go into outlook 2003 and I click on my Contacts tab I get a
screen
that says My Contacts at the left and below that is Current View.
Directly
under the My Contacts I have 3 items that I can click on - one says
Contacts
in Personal Folder. If I click that I get a list of my contacts that
I
have
input. Below that I have two more "contacts" listed. If I click on
one
of
the contacts it too opens a list of contacts to the right. The
third
contact
item if clicked on is blank. I want to either combine these three
lists
or
delete two of them and I do not know how to do that. Sorry for the
inacurate
post before I've never done this. Thanks.

:

You'll have to post more accurately for anyone to help you in a
newsgroup.
We could have no idea what you might mean by the term "Contact
List."
State
clearly what you mean and precisely where you are seeing these
"duplicate"
lists. For extra credit, you could even include the steps you used
to
create
this mess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have 3 Contact Lists in my Outlook 2003. One is completely
blank
and
I
want to remove it but don't know how. One list is titled
Contacts
in
Personal Folder and then 2 others named just "contacts" One
contact
list
and
the personal folder contact list contain information and one is
blank.
How
do I get them to all merge or delete the blank one? Thanks for
any
help
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Good grief Russ if I knew how I screwed it up I could probably fix it. Thanks
for all your "KIND" help. I'll look elsewhere

Russ Valentine said:
Rather hard to help you when you never provided any information on how you
created such a mess, despite having been asked. I've never seen anyone mess
up a profile to the point that they couldn't even delete a Contact. State
more clearly why you can't delete a Contact and how you are trying.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
It would be nice to be able to just delete the contacts but that is why I
am
on this discussion. I cannot figure out how to do it. I can just right
click and delete because when I do on 2 of the lists there is no function
to
delete the list only one of the 3 will allow me to right click with the
delete contact option - I'm stuck

Russ Valentine said:
Same as with any other program: Edit > Select All > Edit > Move to
Folder...
If you think you'll have duplicates, then run a duplicate checker after
you
consolidate your folders:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Mr. Valentine~When you say "can't you just move everything?" How
exactly
do
you move them? I have the same problem, but I have more than 1400
names
in
one list and 1200 in the other. Many of the names are duplicated. How
do
you move them without individually re-entering everything from one list
to
the other? Will duplicate names make a second listing which will then
have
to be individually deleted? Thank you.

:

Can't you just move everything into your default Contacts Folder then
delete
the other 2?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I go into outlook 2003 and I click on my Contacts tab I get a
screen
that says My Contacts at the left and below that is Current View.
Directly
under the My Contacts I have 3 items that I can click on - one says
Contacts
in Personal Folder. If I click that I get a list of my contacts that
I
have
input. Below that I have two more "contacts" listed. If I click on
one
of
the contacts it too opens a list of contacts to the right. The
third
contact
item if clicked on is blank. I want to either combine these three
lists
or
delete two of them and I do not know how to do that. Sorry for the
inacurate
post before I've never done this. Thanks.

:

You'll have to post more accurately for anyone to help you in a
newsgroup.
We could have no idea what you might mean by the term "Contact
List."
State
clearly what you mean and precisely where you are seeing these
"duplicate"
lists. For extra credit, you could even include the steps you used
to
create
this mess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have 3 Contact Lists in my Outlook 2003. One is completely
blank
and
I
want to remove it but don't know how. One list is titled
Contacts
in
Personal Folder and then 2 others named just "contacts" One
contact
list
and
the personal folder contact list contain information and one is
blank.
How
do I get them to all merge or delete the blank one? Thanks for
any
help
Click to expand...
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Sorry. Even if you don't know the problem was created, we still need a more
accurate description of what's happening than you've provided. To say you
"can't delete a Contact" doesn't really tell us anything. You need to tell
us exactly what you are doing and what happens when you try. This is a
newsgroup. We can't see what you're doing or read your mind, and you need to
bear that in mind when you post a problem.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
Good grief Russ if I knew how I screwed it up I could probably fix it.
Thanks
for all your "KIND" help. I'll look elsewhere

Russ Valentine said:
Rather hard to help you when you never provided any information on how
you
created such a mess, despite having been asked. I've never seen anyone
mess
up a profile to the point that they couldn't even delete a Contact. State
more clearly why you can't delete a Contact and how you are trying.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
bhauxwell said:
It would be nice to be able to just delete the contacts but that is why
I
am
on this discussion. I cannot figure out how to do it. I can just
right
click and delete because when I do on 2 of the lists there is no
function
to
delete the list only one of the 3 will allow me to right click with the
delete contact option - I'm stuck

:

Same as with any other program: Edit > Select All > Edit > Move to
Folder...
If you think you'll have duplicates, then run a duplicate checker
after
you
consolidate your folders:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Mr. Valentine~When you say "can't you just move everything?" How
exactly
do
you move them? I have the same problem, but I have more than 1400
names
in
one list and 1200 in the other. Many of the names are duplicated.
How
do
you move them without individually re-entering everything from one
list
to
the other? Will duplicate names make a second listing which will
then
have
to be individually deleted? Thank you.

:

Can't you just move everything into your default Contacts Folder
then
delete
the other 2?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
When I go into outlook 2003 and I click on my Contacts tab I get
a
screen
that says My Contacts at the left and below that is Current View.
Directly
under the My Contacts I have 3 items that I can click on - one
says
Contacts
in Personal Folder. If I click that I get a list of my contacts
that
I
have
input. Below that I have two more "contacts" listed. If I click
on
one
of
the contacts it too opens a list of contacts to the right. The
third
contact
item if clicked on is blank. I want to either combine these
three
lists
or
delete two of them and I do not know how to do that. Sorry for
the
inacurate
post before I've never done this. Thanks.

:

You'll have to post more accurately for anyone to help you in a
newsgroup.
We could have no idea what you might mean by the term "Contact
List."
State
clearly what you mean and precisely where you are seeing these
"duplicate"
lists. For extra credit, you could even include the steps you
used
to
create
this mess.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have 3 Contact Lists in my Outlook 2003. One is completely
blank
and
I
want to remove it but don't know how. One list is titled
Contacts
in
Personal Folder and then 2 others named just "contacts" One
contact
list
and
the personal folder contact list contain information and one
is
blank.
How
do I get them to all merge or delete the blank one? Thanks for
any
help
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