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Nick B - 20 Dec 2005 00:12 GMT

When I view my contacts (particularly in "by category" or other table
formats), the very first column contains a little icon. Most of them look
like a little picture of a person on the left and info on the right. However,
every new contact I make gets a note icon with a pin in it. What does this
mean? Is there any way to change it?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 20 Dec 2005 03:24 GMT

It means your Contacts were created in different versions of Outlook.
Harmless.

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Russ Valentine
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> When I view my contacts (particularly in "by category" or other table
> formats), the very first column contains a little icon. Most of them look
> like a little picture of a person on the left and info on the right.
> However,
> every new contact I make gets a note icon with a pin in it. What does this
> mean? Is there any way to change it?

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Nick B - 20 Dec 2005 03:42 GMT

That's rather weird, because I never used a version of Outlook other than
2003. Also, the "old" icon is the same icon that appears next to the Contacts
icon, and the New Contact icon... therefore it would seem to follow that the
same icon would be used. I understand it's harmless, but it's rather
unattractive.

> It means your Contacts were created in different versions of Outlook.
> Harmless.
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> > every new contact I make gets a note icon with a pin in it. What does this
> > mean? Is there any way to change it?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 20 Dec 2005 10:09 GMT

The "new" icon is also the incorrect one. Try checking your PST file for
errors with the Inbox Repair Tool. Try thinking of what you changed before
the incorrect icon started appearing.

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Russ Valentine
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> That's rather weird, because I never used a version of Outlook other than
> 2003. Also, the "old" icon is the same icon that appears next to the
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>> > this
>> > mean? Is there any way to change it?

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Nick B - 20 Dec 2005 18:21 GMT

It's been doing this for a long time, so I don't remember what changed. I
only can determine that the latest date that the change occured was 6/12/05.
The Inbox Repair Tool found and corrected errors, but apparently this wasn't
one it could find, as the incorrect icon is still displaying. Is there
anything else I could do?

> The "new" icon is also the incorrect one. Try checking your PST file for
> errors with the Inbox Repair Tool. Try thinking of what you changed before
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> >> > this
> >> > mean? Is there any way to change it?

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 20 Dec 2005 21:36 GMT

Don't know. I've never seen the wrong icon get assigned, only an outdated
one.
Have you checked the Folder properties to make sure this is a Contacts
Folder and not a Notes or Message Folder? Have you tried a Detect and
Repair?

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Russ Valentine
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> It's been doing this for a long time, so I don't remember what changed. I
> only can determine that the latest date that the change occured was
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>> >> > this
>> >> > mean? Is there any way to change it?

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Nick B - 20 Dec 2005 22:26 GMT

Tried Detect & Repair, still no improvement. It's also definately considering
it the Contact folder... in addition, the pin+note icon isn't even the icon
the Notes folder uses. It seems I have something of a workaround... I can
copy a contact which has the correct icon, and then change the duplicate
entry for someone else. Since it's such a minor thing, I may just do this.
Thank you for your help on this.

> Don't know. I've never seen the wrong icon get assigned, only an outdated
> one.
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> >> >> > this
> >> >> > mean? Is there any way to change it?

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