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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Contacts / June 2006Importing contacts to Public Folders
I need to import contacts from different people's mailboxes to Public Folders. I've tried exporting them to .pst files and imporing them to Pulibc Folders. I got "Items cannot be created in the root of public folders" message. Since there are quite a few contact lists to import, it is a pain to copy and paste individual contacts. Any tools or suggestions? One of our products may be of interest to you which enable you to import to any contact folder in your Outlook profile (you will need to have the other's people's mailboxes set up as delegate accounts in your profile). Feature comparison for import products can be viewed here: http://www.contactgenie.com/cg20features.htm However, if you want to just copy all of the contacts - our ContactGenie-MessageClassModifier product (CG-MCM which is free) also has "copy" and "move" functions enabling you to copy/move contacts from one Outlook folder to another (http://www.contactgenie.com/cgtmcm.htm) which sounds like it may be a better solution for you then "importing". Karl  Signature_____________________________________________________________ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2003" http://www.contactgenie.com >I need to import contacts from different people's mailboxes to Public >Folders. I've tried exporting them to .pst files and imporing them to >Pulibc Folders. I got "Items cannot be created in the root of public >folders" message. Since there are quite a few contact lists to import, it >is a pain to copy and paste individual contacts. Any tools or suggestions? All you need to do is drag the items from the folder in the .pst file to the folder under Public Folders. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I need to import contacts from different people's mailboxes to Public > Folders. I've tried exporting them to .pst files and imporing them to > Pulibc Folders. I got "Items cannot be created in the root of public > folders" message. Since there are quite a few contact lists to import, it > is a pain to copy and paste individual contacts. Any tools or suggestions? Sue, one thing that we have seen when doing the "drag 'n drop" process within Outlook on very large contact folders is endless messages about memory (or lack thereof) or variations thereof when some addons are in play which can make this a very tedious process (and we weren't using "minimal config" systems in these scenarios). For smaller folders - this process works like a charm. Just mentioning this as a FYI. Karl Signature_____________________________________________________________ Karl Timmermans - The Claxton Group ContactGenie - Importer 1.3 / DataPorter 2.0 / Exporter "Power contact importers/exporters for MS Outlook '2000/2003" http://www.contactgenie.com All you need to do is drag the items from the folder in the .pst file to the folder under Public Folders. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I need to import contacts from different people's mailboxes to Public > Folders. I've tried exporting them to .pst files and imporing them to > Pulibc Folders. I got "Items cannot be created in the root of public > folders" message. Since there are quite a few contact lists to import, it > is a pain to copy and paste individual contacts. Any tools or > suggestions? Karl/ Sue I have also often found that you just can't drag many at a time from Contacts to Public Contacts. If you grab small chunks it works OK. -- Judy Gleeson - MVP Outlook Acorn Training and Consulting Canberra, Australia www.acorntraining.com.au When you post in here, always include your version, SP level, and mode (if applicable) of Outlook - you can find this information in Help | About. Also include the type of mail account(s) you use and any other pertinent details. Be sure to put a concise summary of your question in the subject line, and the full details in the body of your post. > Sue, one thing that we have seen when doing the "drag 'n drop" process > within Outlook on very large contact folders is endless messages about [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > is a pain to copy and paste individual contacts. Any tools or > > suggestions? |
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