Ghost addresses in "From"

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I just switched over to Outlook 2002 this weekend. When typing in intended
reciepient's name their address pops up twice; when they receive things from
me, my address also apprears twice behind my name. In both cases, the first
address is contained within brackets; the second within <> signs. How can I
get rid of these ghost addresses? And is there any way possible I can make
it so my (the senders) address is not visible when sending a message?
 
How did you migrate your Outlook data?
Sounds like something got corrupted.
Did you back it up?
 
Russ,
I imported using the file-import feature. I did have a backup, but in my
frustration (and hindsight stupidity) I cleared out the list I had imported;
redid the import again via import feture, and then deleted the OE contents.
Since I no longer have a back, and my contact list isn't all that long (maybe
30 people) I wouldn't mind selecting all contacts in the list, deleting them,
and entering them manually. Would you recommend that as my best/only
alternative at this point? Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
How did you migrate your Outlook data?
Sounds like something got corrupted.
Did you back it up?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
beans62 said:
I just switched over to Outlook 2002 this weekend. When typing in intended
reciepient's name their address pops up twice; when they receive things
from
me, my address also apprears twice behind my name. In both cases, the
first
address is contained within brackets; the second within <> signs. How can
I
get rid of these ghost addresses? And is there any way possible I can
make
it so my (the senders) address is not visible when sending a message?
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From what type of file did you import these Contacts? It sounds as if you
did not migrate from an earlier installation of Outlook.
Have you tried to repair your Outlook Data File using the Inbox Repair Tool?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
beans62 said:
Russ,
I imported using the file-import feature. I did have a backup, but in my
frustration (and hindsight stupidity) I cleared out the list I had
imported;
redid the import again via import feture, and then deleted the OE
contents.
Since I no longer have a back, and my contact list isn't all that long
(maybe
30 people) I wouldn't mind selecting all contacts in the list, deleting
them,
and entering them manually. Would you recommend that as my best/only
alternative at this point? Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
How did you migrate your Outlook data?
Sounds like something got corrupted.
Did you back it up?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
beans62 said:
I just switched over to Outlook 2002 this weekend. When typing in
intended
reciepient's name their address pops up twice; when they receive things
from
me, my address also apprears twice behind my name. In both cases, the
first
address is contained within brackets; the second within <> signs. How
can
I
get rid of these ghost addresses? And is there any way possible I can
make
it so my (the senders) address is not visible when sending a message?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I imported from OE. I attempted to use Repair Tool as you suggested only to
receive "other mail applications are open and must be closed before
continuing." Well, I don't have anything else open as far as I can see--does
that mean something is running in the background somewhere? Is it possible
to just remove the Outlook portion and reinstall it? If so, how does one do
that? If not, what else can I do? Thanks.
Lisa

Russ Valentine said:
From what type of file did you import these Contacts? It sounds as if you
did not migrate from an earlier installation of Outlook.
Have you tried to repair your Outlook Data File using the Inbox Repair Tool?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
beans62 said:
Russ,
I imported using the file-import feature. I did have a backup, but in my
frustration (and hindsight stupidity) I cleared out the list I had
imported;
redid the import again via import feture, and then deleted the OE
contents.
Since I no longer have a back, and my contact list isn't all that long
(maybe
30 people) I wouldn't mind selecting all contacts in the list, deleting
them,
and entering them manually. Would you recommend that as my best/only
alternative at this point? Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Russ Valentine said:
How did you migrate your Outlook data?
Sounds like something got corrupted.
Did you back it up?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I just switched over to Outlook 2002 this weekend. When typing in
intended
reciepient's name their address pops up twice; when they receive things
from
me, my address also apprears twice behind my name. In both cases, the
first
address is contained within brackets; the second within <> signs. How
can
I
get rid of these ghost addresses? And is there any way possible I can
make
it so my (the senders) address is not visible when sending a message?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Look in Task Manager and see.
Is Outlook running when you try to run scanpst?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
beans62 said:
I imported from OE. I attempted to use Repair Tool as you suggested only
to
receive "other mail applications are open and must be closed before
continuing." Well, I don't have anything else open as far as I can
see--does
that mean something is running in the background somewhere? Is it
possible
to just remove the Outlook portion and reinstall it? If so, how does one
do
that? If not, what else can I do? Thanks.
Lisa

Russ Valentine said:
From what type of file did you import these Contacts? It sounds as if you
did not migrate from an earlier installation of Outlook.
Have you tried to repair your Outlook Data File using the Inbox Repair
Tool?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
beans62 said:
Russ,
I imported using the file-import feature. I did have a backup, but in
my
frustration (and hindsight stupidity) I cleared out the list I had
imported;
redid the import again via import feture, and then deleted the OE
contents.
Since I no longer have a back, and my contact list isn't all that long
(maybe
30 people) I wouldn't mind selecting all contacts in the list, deleting
them,
and entering them manually. Would you recommend that as my best/only
alternative at this point? Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

:

How did you migrate your Outlook data?
Sounds like something got corrupted.
Did you back it up?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I just switched over to Outlook 2002 this weekend. When typing in
intended
reciepient's name their address pops up twice; when they receive
things
from
me, my address also apprears twice behind my name. In both cases,
the
first
address is contained within brackets; the second within <> signs.
How
can
I
get rid of these ghost addresses? And is there any way possible I
can
make
it so my (the senders) address is not visible when sending a
message?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
When I got the error message I looked in Task Manager to verify nothing was
running. Applications was empty. A lot of items were listed in processes
but when I tried to delete them I was threatened that the stability of my
system was at risk if I continued so did I want to continue? I chose no.
Now what?

Russ Valentine said:
Look in Task Manager and see.
Is Outlook running when you try to run scanpst?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
beans62 said:
I imported from OE. I attempted to use Repair Tool as you suggested only
to
receive "other mail applications are open and must be closed before
continuing." Well, I don't have anything else open as far as I can
see--does
that mean something is running in the background somewhere? Is it
possible
to just remove the Outlook portion and reinstall it? If so, how does one
do
that? If not, what else can I do? Thanks.
Lisa

Russ Valentine said:
From what type of file did you import these Contacts? It sounds as if you
did not migrate from an earlier installation of Outlook.
Have you tried to repair your Outlook Data File using the Inbox Repair
Tool?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ,
I imported using the file-import feature. I did have a backup, but in
my
frustration (and hindsight stupidity) I cleared out the list I had
imported;
redid the import again via import feture, and then deleted the OE
contents.
Since I no longer have a back, and my contact list isn't all that long
(maybe
30 people) I wouldn't mind selecting all contacts in the list, deleting
them,
and entering them manually. Would you recommend that as my best/only
alternative at this point? Your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

:

How did you migrate your Outlook data?
Sounds like something got corrupted.
Did you back it up?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I just switched over to Outlook 2002 this weekend. When typing in
intended
reciepient's name their address pops up twice; when they receive
things
from
me, my address also apprears twice behind my name. In both cases,
the
first
address is contained within brackets; the second within <> signs.
How
can
I
get rid of these ghost addresses? And is there any way possible I
can
make
it so my (the senders) address is not visible when sending a
message?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Clarify what you're doing and the precise message you get.
Clarify how you migrated your data.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
beans62 said:
When I got the error message I looked in Task Manager to verify nothing
was
running. Applications was empty. A lot of items were listed in processes
but when I tried to delete them I was threatened that the stability of my
system was at risk if I continued so did I want to continue? I chose no.
Now what?

Russ Valentine said:
Look in Task Manager and see.
Is Outlook running when you try to run scanpst?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
beans62 said:
I imported from OE. I attempted to use Repair Tool as you suggested
only
to
receive "other mail applications are open and must be closed before
continuing." Well, I don't have anything else open as far as I can
see--does
that mean something is running in the background somewhere? Is it
possible
to just remove the Outlook portion and reinstall it? If so, how does
one
do
that? If not, what else can I do? Thanks.
Lisa

:

From what type of file did you import these Contacts? It sounds as if
you
did not migrate from an earlier installation of Outlook.
Have you tried to repair your Outlook Data File using the Inbox Repair
Tool?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Russ,
I imported using the file-import feature. I did have a backup, but
in
my
frustration (and hindsight stupidity) I cleared out the list I had
imported;
redid the import again via import feture, and then deleted the OE
contents.
Since I no longer have a back, and my contact list isn't all that
long
(maybe
30 people) I wouldn't mind selecting all contacts in the list,
deleting
them,
and entering them manually. Would you recommend that as my
best/only
alternative at this point? Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

:

How did you migrate your Outlook data?
Sounds like something got corrupted.
Did you back it up?
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I just switched over to Outlook 2002 this weekend. When typing in
intended
reciepient's name their address pops up twice; when they receive
things
from
me, my address also apprears twice behind my name. In both
cases,
the
first
address is contained within brackets; the second within <> signs.
How
can
I
get rid of these ghost addresses? And is there any way possible
I
can
make
it so my (the senders) address is not visible when sending a
message?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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