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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / February 2006Delete blank Contacts when Outlook lockedup
Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones I needed but clicked on the column to name them. Ended up with over 300,000 blank contacts which has now frozen Outlook. Of course I didn't back it up before importing because that would have been too easy. Been running scanpst.exe to try and clean it up. So far not helping. Does anyone know a way to delete these with out having to be in Outlook? If at all possible I would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic about my position.  SignatureThank You for your help When you say this has now "frozen" Outlook, what do you mean? What is the size of this PST file now? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > Tried to import 90 contacts from Excel and didn't highlight just the ones > I [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic > about my position. 985 MB now it was at 850 MB before the import. I can open Outlook but not click on anything. The cpu usage bounces back and forth from 90 to 100 % when Outlook is open but the task manager says it isn't responding. SignatureThank You for your help > When you say this has now "frozen" Outlook, what do you mean? > What is the size of this PST file now? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > would like to not lose all the info in the pst file. But I am realistic > > about my position. So what does the Inbox Repair Tool tell you when you run it? Have you tired creating a new profile? SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > 985 MB now it was at 850 MB before the import. I can open Outlook but not > click on anything. The cpu usage bounces back and forth from 90 to 100 % [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> > realistic >> > about my position. So far we have ran it 4 times and the defrag utility is in process. The scanpst.exe keeps on saying that there is errors and gives us the option to repair. It doesn't tell us what the errors are. The laptop has 512 of ram in it. Do you think adding another 512 will help? I guess I forgot to mention that it is a laptop. SignatureThank You for your help > So what does the Inbox Repair Tool tell you when you run it? > Have you tired creating a new profile? [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >> > realistic > >> > about my position. Defrag won't help. Alternate a scandisk utility with the Inbox Repair Tool until no errors appear. If the Inbox Repair Tool fails to repair the PST file, you can use the following tool to find out what can be fixed: http://officerecovery.com/outlook/index.htm SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > So far we have ran it 4 times and the defrag utility is in process. The > scanpst.exe keeps on saying that there is errors and gives us the option [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> >> > realistic >> >> > about my position. Thanks we'll give that a shot. It would be nice if those Staples "easy buttons" really worked. I would be slamming that thing right now. SignatureThank You for your help > Defrag won't help. > Alternate a scandisk utility with the Inbox Repair Tool until no errors [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > >> >> > realistic > >> >> > about my position. How long do we keep on scanpst.exe? It does seem to be getting shorter each time but at what point are we just doing it in vain? SignatureThank You for your help > Defrag won't help. > Alternate a scandisk utility with the Inbox Repair Tool until no errors [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > >> >> > realistic > >> >> > about my position. No way to know. The best solution is to alternate with scandisk each time. With any luck, eventually everything will be repaired. SignatureRuss Valentine [MVP-Outlook] > How long do we keep on scanpst.exe? It does seem to be getting shorter > each [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] >> >> >> > realistic >> >> >> > about my position. Thanks again you have been very helpful. SignatureThank You for your help > No way to know. > The best solution is to alternate with scandisk each time. With any luck, [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > >> >> >> > realistic > >> >> >> > about my position. |
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