How can I combine Contact Lists from previous Outlook installs?

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I had to reinstall Outlook 2003 after a hard drive crash. I imported my old
..pst file after that because I couldn't find it at the reinstall. I now have
an empty Contacts list, and full Contacts in Personal Folders list. I need
them to combine, or switch places, since Outlook only sees the first one when
composing a New Message. I am able to go to the full Contacts in Personal
Folders list and start a message from there, but that seems to be the
workabout, rather than direct answer.
 
Assuming you would prefer to be using all the information from your original
PST file, why don't you just set it to be the default in your new
installation? Apparently you've found it now, right?

To use another PST file (such as one from an earlier installation) and set
it to be the default for your current installation of Outlook:
- Go to Tools > Options > Mail Setup > Data Files > Add...
- Add the PST you'd like as your new default, then Close > OK to exit the
Options dialog
- Go to Tools > E-mail Accounts > View or change existing e-mail accounts
- Select the PST you just added in the "Deliver New e-mail to the following
location" dropdown (it will most likely appear just below the current
default Personal Folders file) > Finish
- Exit and Restart Outlook
- You can now close the previous default PST (R-click on that pst folder
while in Folder View and select "Close <foldername> Folders"). If you have
any information in your former PST that you'd like to transfer to your new
default PST, you can drag and drop from one to the other before you close
the old one.
 
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