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I have Outlook 2003 running on an XP home laptop.
I ran a backup file .pst on the system and installed the file on a desktop PC.
I had selected to not create doubles, but now both machines have doubles in
the contacts. How does this happen and is there any way to remove them
without going through them 1 by 1?
This will be the second time if I have to go through them 1 by 1, and I
don't want to do it a third time. Over 1300 entries now on 2 machines.
 
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes

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After furious head scratching, creyor asked:

| I have Outlook 2003 running on an XP home laptop.
| I ran a backup file .pst on the system and installed the file on a
| desktop PC. I had selected to not create doubles, but now both
| machines have doubles in the contacts. How does this happen and is
| there any way to remove them without going through them 1 by 1?
| This will be the second time if I have to go through them 1 by 1, and
| I
| don't want to do it a third time. Over 1300 entries now on 2
| machines.
 
How are you "installing" this file? Normally one would just open a backup
PST file in Outlook. You must be doing something else. Importing, for
example, is not recommended and could be the cause of your problem.
 
I did import them. How else do you bring in the data if you do not import
them?

Russ Valentine said:
How are you "installing" this file? Normally one would just open a backup
PST file in Outlook. You must be doing something else. Importing, for
example, is not recommended and could be the cause of your problem.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
creyor said:
I have Outlook 2003 running on an XP home laptop.
I ran a backup file .pst on the system and installed the file on a desktop
PC.
I had selected to not create doubles, but now both machines have doubles
in
the contacts. How does this happen and is there any way to remove them
without going through them 1 by 1?
This will be the second time if I have to go through them 1 by 1, and I
don't want to do it a third time. Over 1300 entries now on 2 machines.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Also on the laptop I exported the address book and it created doubles, how
would I avoid that?

Russ Valentine said:
How are you "installing" this file? Normally one would just open a backup
PST file in Outlook. You must be doing something else. Importing, for
example, is not recommended and could be the cause of your problem.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
creyor said:
I have Outlook 2003 running on an XP home laptop.
I ran a backup file .pst on the system and installed the file on a desktop
PC.
I had selected to not create doubles, but now both machines have doubles
in
the contacts. How does this happen and is there any way to remove them
without going through them 1 by 1?
This will be the second time if I have to go through them 1 by 1, and I
don't want to do it a third time. Over 1300 entries now on 2 machines.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
That doesn't make sense. There is no Address Book in Outlook. All Contact
data is in the PST file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
creyor said:
Also on the laptop I exported the address book and it created doubles, how
would I avoid that?

Russ Valentine said:
How are you "installing" this file? Normally one would just open a backup
PST file in Outlook. You must be doing something else. Importing, for
example, is not recommended and could be the cause of your problem.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
creyor said:
I have Outlook 2003 running on an XP home laptop.
I ran a backup file .pst on the system and installed the file on a
desktop
PC.
I had selected to not create doubles, but now both machines have
doubles
in
the contacts. How does this happen and is there any way to remove them
without going through them 1 by 1?
This will be the second time if I have to go through them 1 by 1, and I
don't want to do it a third time. Over 1300 entries now on 2 machines.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I already told you. You open the file: File > Open > Outlook Data file...
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
creyor said:
I did import them. How else do you bring in the data if you do not import
them?

Russ Valentine said:
How are you "installing" this file? Normally one would just open a backup
PST file in Outlook. You must be doing something else. Importing, for
example, is not recommended and could be the cause of your problem.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
creyor said:
I have Outlook 2003 running on an XP home laptop.
I ran a backup file .pst on the system and installed the file on a
desktop
PC.
I had selected to not create doubles, but now both machines have
doubles
in
the contacts. How does this happen and is there any way to remove them
without going through them 1 by 1?
This will be the second time if I have to go through them 1 by 1, and I
don't want to do it a third time. Over 1300 entries now on 2 machines.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
OK I can see how to open the pst file in Outlook, but I do not understand how
to copy contacts from one computer to another. I am trying to share contacts
between two computers, my wifes and mine and I do not want to create
multiples. With out exporting and importing how do I do that?

Russ Valentine said:
That doesn't make sense. There is no Address Book in Outlook. All Contact
data is in the PST file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
creyor said:
Also on the laptop I exported the address book and it created doubles, how
would I avoid that?

Russ Valentine said:
How are you "installing" this file? Normally one would just open a backup
PST file in Outlook. You must be doing something else. Importing, for
example, is not recommended and could be the cause of your problem.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have Outlook 2003 running on an XP home laptop.
I ran a backup file .pst on the system and installed the file on a
desktop
PC.
I had selected to not create doubles, but now both machines have
doubles
in
the contacts. How does this happen and is there any way to remove them
without going through them 1 by 1?
This will be the second time if I have to go through them 1 by 1, and I
don't want to do it a third time. Over 1300 entries now on 2 machines.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Copy from one to the other and then run a duplicate checker.
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
creyor said:
OK I can see how to open the pst file in Outlook, but I do not understand
how
to copy contacts from one computer to another. I am trying to share
contacts
between two computers, my wifes and mine and I do not want to create
multiples. With out exporting and importing how do I do that?

Russ Valentine said:
That doesn't make sense. There is no Address Book in Outlook. All Contact
data is in the PST file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
creyor said:
Also on the laptop I exported the address book and it created doubles,
how
would I avoid that?

:

How are you "installing" this file? Normally one would just open a
backup
PST file in Outlook. You must be doing something else. Importing, for
example, is not recommended and could be the cause of your problem.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have Outlook 2003 running on an XP home laptop.
I ran a backup file .pst on the system and installed the file on a
desktop
PC.
I had selected to not create doubles, but now both machines have
doubles
in
the contacts. How does this happen and is there any way to remove
them
without going through them 1 by 1?
This will be the second time if I have to go through them 1 by 1,
and I
don't want to do it a third time. Over 1300 entries now on 2
machines.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Thanks for your help. I was able to figure it out. Couldn't have done it
without you. Have a nice New Year!!!

Russ Valentine said:
Copy from one to the other and then run a duplicate checker.
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/contacts.htm#dupes
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
creyor said:
OK I can see how to open the pst file in Outlook, but I do not understand
how
to copy contacts from one computer to another. I am trying to share
contacts
between two computers, my wifes and mine and I do not want to create
multiples. With out exporting and importing how do I do that?

Russ Valentine said:
That doesn't make sense. There is no Address Book in Outlook. All Contact
data is in the PST file.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
Also on the laptop I exported the address book and it created doubles,
how
would I avoid that?

:

How are you "installing" this file? Normally one would just open a
backup
PST file in Outlook. You must be doing something else. Importing, for
example, is not recommended and could be the cause of your problem.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
I have Outlook 2003 running on an XP home laptop.
I ran a backup file .pst on the system and installed the file on a
desktop
PC.
I had selected to not create doubles, but now both machines have
doubles
in
the contacts. How does this happen and is there any way to remove
them
without going through them 1 by 1?
This will be the second time if I have to go through them 1 by 1,
and I
don't want to do it a third time. Over 1300 entries now on 2
machines.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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