Duplicate contact folders in Address Book

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Bob - 09 Jul 2006 20:56 GMT

In My Contacts I show one Contacts Folder, however when I go to mail and
click on the address book Icon, there are two Contacts listed. The first one
is empty and the second one contains my contacts. How can I delete the empty
Contacts folder.

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Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] - 09 Jul 2006 21:15 GMT

Remove it here:
Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
books > Outlook Address Book > Change.

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> In My Contacts I show one Contacts Folder, however when I go to mail and
> click on the address book Icon, there are two Contacts listed. The first
> one
> is empty and the second one contains my contacts. How can I delete the
> empty
> Contacts folder.

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JeffT - 05 Sep 2006 17:25 GMT

I have only one contact folder under outlook adress book (tools/address
book/change), but when I hit the "TO" button I get an error message saying
"the contacts folder for this address book cannot be opened". If I hit OK
on that I get a choice of two outlook address books, both called contacts and
the second has all my contacts.

> Remove it here:
> Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> > empty
> > Contacts folder.

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Brian Tillman - 05 Sep 2006 20:51 GMT

> I have only one contact folder under outlook adress book
> (tools/address book/change), but when I hit the "TO" button I get an
> error message saying "the contacts folder for this address book
> cannot be opened". If I hit OK on that I get a choice of two
> outlook address books, both called contacts and the second has all my
> contacts.

For Outlook 2002/2003, click Tools>E-mail Accounts>View or chage existing
directories or address books>Next. Select Outlook Address Book adn click
Change. Remove the invalid contacts reference there.

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Steve - 18 Oct 2006 09:10 GMT

Thanks so much, this has been driving me crazy for a couple of months now.

> Remove it here:
> Tools > E-mail accounts > View or change existing directories or address
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> > empty
> > Contacts folder.

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