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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / February 2005how do I delete multiple contact folders?
I just upgraded to Office 2003, and when I opened Outlook, I had a contact folder that contained addresses that have been invalid for a year or so.....I'm not even sure where the computer found them to upload. To make this matter even stranger, this extraneous folder is duplicated approximately 500 times! Is there any way to delete multiple Contact folders ("shift"? "CTRL"?) or am I going to have to do this one folder at a time? Inexplicable. I'd love to know the steps used to create this mess.  SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] >I just upgraded to Office 2003, and when I opened Outlook, I had a contact > folder that contained addresses that have been invalid for a year or [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > am > I going to have to do this one folder at a time? Well, shortly after I posted, I found out that these contacts were "archived". The "archived items" all had subfolders also called "archived items" that seemed to go on forever. I finally gave up trying to get to the final subfolder, and deleted everything in the archive with a click of one button on the original archive file, and BINGO. All gone! ....but the true kicker? Before the deletion, when I clicked on "unread mail", it pulled up 7068 unread emails....comprised of 3 email messages from the same time-period, repeated ad nauseum. I'm glad I didn't sit there and try to delete the contact folders one-by-one....If the unread mail was any guide, I would have had to delete 2356 folders. Sheesh! > Inexplicable. > I'd love to know the steps used to create this mess. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > am > > I going to have to do this one folder at a time? Still unclear how your archive folder became your Outlook Data File. Probably worth reading how to migrate Outlook data for the next time: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA010771141033.aspx SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Well, shortly after I posted, I found out that these contacts were > "archived". The "archived items" all had subfolders also called "archived [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> > am >> > I going to have to do this one folder at a time? |
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